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σκέψις

Third declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκέψις σκέψεως

Structure: σκεψι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ske/ptomai

Sense

  1. a viewing, perception by the senses
  2. speculation, consideration, thought, inquiry into, speculation on
  3. hesitation, doubt

Declension

Third 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

  • ἐν μέντοι ταῖσ ἀπαθέσι βουλαῖσ καὶ σκέψεσιν οἱάσ ἔχει μάλιστα τὸ θεωρητικόν, ἂν μὲν ἴσαι μένωσιν, οὐ γέγονε κρίσισ ἀλλ’ ἀπορία, στάσισ οὖσα καὶ μονὴ διανοίασ ὑπ’ ἐναντίων λόγων· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 7 32:1)
  • ἐν μέντοι ταῖσ ἀπαθέσι βουλαῖσ καὶ σκέψεσιν, οἱάσ ἔχει μάλιστα τὸ θεωρητικόν, ἂν μὲν ἴσαι μένωσιν, οὐ γέγονε κρίσισ ἀλλ’ ἀπορία, στάσισ οὖσα καὶ μονὴ διανοίασ ὑπ’ ἐναντίων πιθανῶν· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 7 11:4)
  • "ὡσ γὰρ οἱ ἐν νοσήμασι χρονίοισ πρὸσ τὰ κοινὰ βοηθήματα καὶ τὰσ συνήθεισ διαίτασ ἀπειπόντεσ ἐπὶ καθαρμοὺσ καὶ περίαπτα καὶ ὀνείρουσ τρέπονται, οὕτωσ ἀναγκαῖον ἐν δυσθεωρήτοισ καὶ ἀπόροισ σκέψεσιν, ὅταν οἱ κοινοὶ καὶ ἔνδοξοι καὶ συνήθεισ λόγοι μὴ πείθωσι, πειρᾶσθαι τῶν ἀτοπωτέρων καὶ μὴ καταφρονεῖν ἀλλ’ ἐπᾴδειν ἀτεχνῶσ ἑαυτοῖσ τὰ τῶν παλαιῶν καὶ διὰ πάντων τἀληθὲσ ἐξελέγχειν. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 1 3:3)
  • οὕτωσ ἰσχυρὸν παρὰ τοῖσ εἰθισμένοισ αὐτὸ συνεισφέρειν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖσ σκέψεσιν. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 28:2)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τὰσ ἐν ταῖσ σκέψεσιν ἀντιθέσεισ προαποδεικνύντεσ καθ’ οὓσ τρόπουσ πείθει τὰ πράγματα, κατὰ τοὺσ αὐτοὺσ ἀνῄρουν τὴν περὶ αὐτῶν πίστιν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. a viewing

  2. speculation

  3. hesitation

Related

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

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