στοιχεῖον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
στοιχεῖον
στοιχείου
Structure:
στοιχει
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- (properly) one of a row:
- (in the sun-dial) the shadow of the gnomon, which advances regularly
- (generally) one of a series, a component part, an element:
- a simple sound of the voice, as the first element of language; an elementary sound, as distinct from a letter (γράμμα, grámma)
- (physics, chiefly in the plural) any one of the component parts of matter, an element
- (in the plural) the elements of knowledge and the sciences
- (generally) a simple or elementary principle
- (in later writers) a planet
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.
- πῶσ οὖν οὐ χρησιμώτερον ὕδωρ στοιχείῳ περιττεῦον; (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 7 5:1)
- λάβῃ τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῆσ ἐπιφανείασ, εὐθὺσ ἀποφαίνεται πόσον καὶ ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθόσ ἐστιν, εἰδὼσ ὅτι καὶ τὸ βάθοσ αὐτῶν ἐν ἴσῳ τεταγμένον στοιχείῳ πρόσ τε τὸ πλάτοσ ἐστὶ καὶ τὸ μῆκοσ. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 29 12:1)
- σύνηθεσ γὰρ ἦν τοῖσ ἀρχαίοισ Ἕλλησιν ὡσ τὰ πολλὰ προτιθέναι τῶν ὀνομάτων, ὁπόσων αἱ ἀρχαὶ ἀπὸ φωνηέντων ἐγίνοντο, τὴν ου συλλαβὴν ἑνὶ στοιχείῳ γραφομένην. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 20 4:1)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸ ἓν λέγεται ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ ὄν, καὶ ἡ οὐσία ἡ τοῦ ἑνὸσ μία, καὶ ὧν μία ἀριθμῷ ἓν ἀριθμῷ, φανερὸν ὅτι οὔτε τὸ ἓν οὔτε τὸ ὂν ἐνδέχεται οὐσίαν εἶναι τῶν πραγμάτων, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ τὸ στοιχείῳ εἶναι ἢ ἀρχῇ· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 7 249:2)
- οὐ γὰρ τὸ αὐτὸ πυρὶ καὶ στοιχείῳ εἶναι, ἀλλ’ ὡσ μὲν πρᾶγμά τι καὶ φύσισ τὸ πῦρ στοιχεῖον, τὸ δὲ ὄνομα σημαίνει τὸ τοδὶ συμβεβηκέναι αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἐστί τι ἐκ τούτου ὡσ πρώτου ἐνυπάρχοντοσ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 10 11:1)
Synonyms
-
one of a row
-
the elements of knowledge and the sciences
- μάθημα (learning, knowledge, science)
-
a planet
