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θρεπτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θρεπτικός

Structure: θρεπτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. able to feed or rear, nourishing
  2. of or promoting growth
  3. causing to heal up

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἐκείνων τῶν σωμάτων τῶν ἀνάρμων καὶ ἀμερῶν οὐδὲν ἐν ἑαυτῷ διαπλαστικὴν ἔχει δύναμιν ἢ αὐξητικὴν ἢ θρεπτικὴν ἢ ὅλωσ τεχνικήν· (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 647)
  • Ὅτι μὲν οὖν ἡ θρέψισ ἀλλοιουμένου τε καὶ ὁμοιουμένου γίγνεται τοῦ τρέφοντοσ τῷ τρεφομένῳ καὶ ὡσ ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν τοῦ ζῳού μορίων ἐστί τισ δύναμισ, ἣν ἀπὸ τῆσ ἐνεργείασ ἀλλοιωτικὴν μὲν κατὰ γένοσ, ὁμοιωτικὴν δὲ καὶ θρεπτικὴν κατ’ εἶδοσ ὀνομάζομεν, ἐν τῷ πρόσθεν δεδήλωται λόγῳ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 11)
  • ἀφοριστέον ἄρα τήν τε θρεπτικὴν καὶ τὴν αὐξητικὴν ζωήν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 66:1)
  • τόδε, ὡσ ἄρ’ εἰ καὶ διενοήθημεν ὅτι μάλιστα τῆσ δίποδοσ ἀγέλησ εἶναί τινα θρεπτικὴν τέχνην, οὐδέν τι μᾶλλον ἡμᾶσ ἔδει βασιλικὴν αὐτὴν εὐθὺσ καὶ πολιτικὴν ὡσ ἀποτετελεσμένην προσαγορεύειν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 117:4)

Synonyms

  1. able to feed or rear

  2. of or promoting growth

  3. causing to heal up

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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