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οὐσία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὐσία οὐσίας

Structure: οὐσι (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: ou)=sa, ei)mi 분사의 여성형

Sense

  1. that which is one's own, one's substance, property
  2. (philosophy) Synonym of φύσις ‎(phúsis) stable being, immutable reality
  3. name of a plaster
  4. a fire-resisting substance
  5. (in magic) a material thing by which a connection is established between the person to be acted upon and the supernatural agent

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐκστάσεισ γάρ εἰσιν εἰδῶν καὶ ἀναιρέσεισ οὐσιῶν, οὐ φύσεισ τινὲσ οὐδ’ οὐσίαι καθ’ ἑαυτάσ ἡ δὲ ψυχρότησ οὐκ ἐλάττονα τῆσ θερμότητοσ ἐγγιγνομένη τοῖσ σώμασι πάθη καὶ μεταβολὰσ ἐνεργάζεσθαι πέφυκε· (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 2 1:4)
  • ἔτι τοίνυν ἕν τι καὶ ἁπλοῦν ἡ περὶ ἕκαστον εἶδοσ στέρησισ, αἱ δ’ οὐσίαι πλείονασ διαφορὰσ καὶ δυνάμεισ ἔχουσι μονοειδὲσ γὰρ ἡ σιωπὴ ποικίλον δ’ ἡ φωνή, νῦν μὲν ἐνοχλοῦσα νῦν δὲ τέρπουσα τὴν αἴσθησιν. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 51)
  • ἀντὶ γὰρ τοῦ εἰπεῖν ὅτι αἱ τῶν φίλων οὐσίαι ἐκείνου πᾶσαι γίγνονται καὶ αἱ βοήθειαι αἱ ἐν τῷ βίῳ, ὁ δὲ ἑνὶ τούτῳ ὀνόματι, ὃ καὶ γλυκύτητα ἐμφαίνει καὶ ἦθοσ, φίλον φησὶν ἀγαθὸν κτησάμενοσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 11:2)
  • εἰσὶ δὴ πᾶσαι μὲν αἱ οὐσίαι κατὰ φύσιν τινὲσ ἀρχαί, διὸ καὶ ἑκάστη πολλὰ δύναται τοιαῦτα γεννᾶν, οἱο͂ν ἄνθρωποσ ἀνθρώπουσ καὶ ζῷον ὂν ὅλωσ ζῷα καὶ φυτὸν φυτά. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 96:2)
  • ἔτι διὰ τὸ πάσασ τὰσ ἀριστοκρατικὰσ πολιτείασ ὀλιγαρχικὰσ εἶναι μᾶλλον πλεονεκτοῦσιν οἱ γνώριμοι, οἱο͂ν καὶ ἐν Λακεδαίμονι εἰσ ὀλίγουσ αἱ οὐσίαι ἔρχονται· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 136:1)
  • λα[βὲ δή μοι καὶ τὴ]ν τοῦ κηδ[εστ]οῦ αὐτοῦ μα[ρτυρίαν]μεν ουσιαι λατπα[κα]ταλειφ[θέντα]αδ[ἑ]ξῆσ πάλιν ωαπ[τὴ]ν Ἀντιγόν[αν]εμαρτ[υρ] πραχθέντα καὶ ὃν [τρ]όπον ἐ[πιβεβούλευκέν] μοι Ἀθηνογένησ, καὶ ὡσ ὑμῖν π[ροσενήνεκ]ται. (Hyperides, Speeches, 34:1)

Synonyms

  1. that which is one's own

  2. name of a plaster

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