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περιουσία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιουσία

Structure: περιουσι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: peri/eimi, supersum

Sense

  1. that which is over and above, surplus, abundance, plenty
  2. abundance, plenty, wealth, with plenty of other resources, ex abundanti, advantage, an advantage
  3. superiority
  4. a being saved, survival, chance of being saved?

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

  • οὐ γὰρ τὸ λαβεῖν ἐκ τοιούτων αἰσχρόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὴ λαβεῖν κρεῖττον καὶ περιουσία τῆσ ἀρετῆσ, ἐν οἷσ ἔξεστιν ἐπιδεικνυμένησ τὸ μὴ δεόμενον· (Plutarch, Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius, chapter 2 4:3)
  • ἐὰν οὖν ἀλλὰ νῦν γ’ ἔτι ἀπαλλαγέντεσ τούτων τῶν ἐθῶν ἐθελήσητε στρατεύεσθαί τε καὶ πράττειν ἀξίωσ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ταῖσ περιουσίαισ ταῖσ οἴκοι ταύταισ ἀφορμαῖσ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔξω τῶν ἀγαθῶν χρῆσθαι, ἴσωσ ἄν, ἴσωσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, τέλειόν τι καὶ μέγα κτήσαισθ’ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τῶν τοιούτων λημμάτων ἀπαλλαγείητε, ἃ τοῖσ ἀσθενοῦσι παρὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν σιτίοισ διδομένοισ ἐοίκε. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 42:1)
  • καὶ τοῦ γε μὴ πεινῆν ἐνίοτε τὸ ζῷον ἡ περιουσία τῆσ ἐν ἥπατι τροφῆσ αἰτία· (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 1319)
  • πράσεωσ γὰρ καὶ ὠνῆσ περιουσία καρπῶν ἀρχὴν παρέσχεν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 42 1:4)
  • πράσεωσ γὰρ καὶ ὠνῆσ περιουσία καρπῶν ἀρχὴν παρέσχεν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 42 4:2)
  • τὸ δὲ περιουσίᾳ τῆσ χρήσεωσ τέχνη καὶ μηχανή τισ εὑρ͂εν. (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 2 3:3)
  • καὶ οἱ μὴ προσδεόμενοι δὲ τοῦ ἔξωθεν πυρὸσ οὐχ ὡσ ἀπροσδεεῖσ τοῦτο πάσχουσιν, ἀλλὰ περιουσίᾳ καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ἐν αὑτοῖσ θερμοῦ· (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 11 1:1)
  • οὐκ ἂν εἴποι δέ τισ ὡσ Δημήτριον ἐν εὐπαθείαισ καὶ συνουσίαισ ὄντα πράξεων καιρὸσ ἐξέφυγεν, ἀλλὰ τῇ περιουσίᾳ τῆσ σχολῆσ ἐπεισῆγε τὰσ ἡδονάσ, καὶ τὴν Λάμιαν ὥσπερ τὴν μυθικὴν ἀτεχνῶσ παίζων καὶ νυστάζων ἐποιεῖτο διαγωγήν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demetrius and Antony, chapter 3 1:2)
  • καὶ περιουσίᾳ συνέσεωσ ἀναλαμβάνει τὰσ μαθήσεισ. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 9 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. that which is over and above

  2. abundance

  3. superiority

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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