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ῥυθμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥυθμός ῥυθμοῦ

Structure: ῥυθμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(e/w

Sense

  1. a repeating, regular motion, vibration
  2. measured motion, rhythm
  3. measure, proportion, symmetry
  4. proportion, arrangement, order
  5. state, condition
  6. form, shape
  7. manner, fashion

Declension

Second 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

  • ἀμείνων δὲ καὶ μουσικόσ, οἶμαι, τοῦ διακρίνειν ῥυθμοὺσ καὶ ἁρμονίασ ἐπισταμένου ὁ καὶ ψᾶλαι καὶ κιθαρίσαι αὐτὸσ δυνάμενοσ. (Lucian, (no name) 1:3)
  • Θεόφραστοσ δὲ πρῶτόν φησιν Ἄνδρωνα τὸν Καταναῖον αὐλητὴν κινήσεισ καὶ ῥυθμοὺσ ποιῆσαι τῷ σώματι αὐλοῦντα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 40 1:2)
  • ἡ δὲ Κόριννα τὸν Πίνδαρον, ὄντα νέον ἔτι καὶ τῇ λογιότητι σοβαρῶσ χρώμενον, ἐνουθέτησεν ὡσ ἄμουσον ὄντα καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντα μύθουσ, ὃ τῆσ ποιητικῆσ ἔργον εἶναι συμβέβηκε, γλώσσασ δὲ καὶ καταχρήσεισ καὶ μεταφοράσεισ καὶ μέλη καὶ ῥυθμοὺσ δ’ ἡδύσματα τοῖσ πράγμασιν ὑποτιθέντα. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 4 1:1)
  • γλώσσασ δὲ καὶ καταχρήσεισ καὶ μεταφράσεισ καὶ μέλη καὶ ῥυθμοὺσ ἡδύσματα τοῖσ πράγμασιν ὑποτίθεται. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 4 4:1)
  • τὸ δ’ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ῥυθμῶν γινόμενον ἐθεασάμην, ἅμα πάντασ ἀγανακτοῦντασ καὶ δυσαρεστουμένουσ, ὅτε τισ ἢ κροῦσιν ἢ κίνησιν ἢ μορφὴν ἐν ἀσυμμέτροισ ποιήσαιτο χρόνοισ καὶ τοὺσ ῥυθμοὺσ ἀφανίσειεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1117)

Synonyms

  1. measured motion

  2. measure

  3. proportion

  4. state

  5. form

  6. manner

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