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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

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

  • αὐτὸσ γάρ μοι ἔδωκε τῶν ὄντων γνῶσιν ἀψευδῆ εἰδέναι σύστασιν κόσμου καὶ ἐνέργειαν στοιχείων, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:17)
  • οὐκ ᾐδέσθησ ἄνθρωποσ ὤν, θηριωδέστατε, τοὺσ ὁμοιοπαθεῖσ καὶ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν γεγονότασ στοιχείων γλωττοτομῆσαι καὶ τοῦτον καταικίσασ τὸν τρόπον βασανίσαι̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 12:13)
  • τὸ δὲ ἄρα οὐ τὸ ὁμόφυλον τῶν στοιχείων μόνον ἀδικεῖ γένοσ, ἀλλ’ ἤδη καὶ πρὸσ τὸ ἀνθρώπειον μεταβέβηκε τουτονὶ τὸν τρόπον τὸν γὰρ ἐπιτρέπει γε αὐτοὺσ κατ’ εὐθὺ φέρεσθαι ταῖσ γλώσσαισ· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 11:1)
  • κλάουσιν ἄνθρωποι καὶ τὴν αὑτῶν τύχην ὀδύρονται καὶ Κάδμῳ καταρῶνται πολλάκισ, ὅτι τὸ Ταῦ ἐσ τὸ τῶν στοιχείων γένοσ παρήγαγε· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 12:3)
  • ὁ γὰρ ζητῶν περὶ σχήματοσ γῆσ καὶ κόσμων ἀπειρίασ καὶ μεγέθουσ ἡλίου καὶ ἀποστημάτων καὶ πρώτων στοιχείων καὶ περὶ θεῶν, εἴτε εἰσὶν εἴτε οὐκ εἰσί, καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ τέλουσ ἀεὶ πολεμῶν καὶ διαφερόμενοσ πρόσ τινασ οὐ μόνον ἐν ἀνθρωπίναισ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν κοσμικαῖσ ἐστιν ὀχλήσεσιν. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 11:5)

Synonyms

  1. one of a row

  2. the elements of knowledge and the sciences

  3. a planet

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