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στοιχεῖον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: στοιχεῖον στοιχείου

Structure: στοιχει (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: stoi=xos

Sense

  1. (properly) one of a row:
  2. (in the sun-dial) the shadow of the gnomon, which advances regularly
  3. (generally) one of a series, a component part, an element:
  4. a simple sound of the voice, as the first element of language; an elementary sound, as distinct from a letter (γράμμα, grámma)
  5. (physics, chiefly in the plural) any one of the component parts of matter, an element
  6. (in the plural) the elements of knowledge and the sciences
  7. (generally) a simple or elementary principle
  8. (in later writers) a planet

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative στοιχεῖον στοιχείω στοιχεῖα
Genitive στοιχείου στοιχείοιν στοιχείων
Dative στοιχείῳ στοιχείοιν στοιχείοις
Accusative στοιχεῖον στοιχείω στοιχεῖα
Vocative στοιχεῖον στοιχείω στοιχεῖα

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.

Synonyms

  1. one of a row

  2. the elements of knowledge and the sciences

  3. a planet

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