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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

  • ἐκ δὴ τούτων παρακελεύομαι τοῖσ ἀναγινώσκουσιν αὐτὸν τὴν μὲν εὑρ́εσιν τῶν ἐνθυμημάτων καὶ τὴν κρίσιν ζηλοῦν, τὴν δὲ τάξιν καὶ τὴν ἐργασίαν αὐτῶν, ἐνδεεστέραν οὖσαν τοῦ προσήκοντοσ, μὴ ἀποδέχεσθαι τοῦ ἀνδρόσ, ἀλλὰ παρ’ ἑτέρων, οἳ κρείττουσ οἰκονομῆσαι τὰ εὑρεθέντα ἐγένοντο, περὶ ὧν ὕστερον ἐρῶ, τοῦτο τὸ στοιχεῖον λαμβάνειν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 15 2:5)
  • τοῦτο ἀκούσασ ἐγὼ προσκυνήσασ ἀπῄειν εὐχόμενοσ ἅπασι θεοῖσ ἠπίαλὸν ’τινα ἢ πλευρῖτιν ἢ ποδάγραν ἐπιπέμψαι τῷ μαλακιζομένῳ ἐκείνῳ οὗ ἔφεδροσ ἐγὼ καὶ ἀντίδειπνοσ καὶ διάδοχοσ ἐκεκλήμην καὶ τὸ ἄχρι τοῦ λουτροῦ αἰῶνα μήκιστον ἐτιθέμην, συνεχὲσ ἐπισκοπῶν ὁποσάπουν τὸ στοιχεῖον εἰή καὶ πηνίκα ἤδη λοῦσθαι ^ δέοι. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 9:5)
  • σοὶ δὲ μελήσει, ὅταν ᾖ δεκάπουν τὸ στοιχεῖον, λιπαρὸν χωρεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, epirrheme 2:19)
  • Λούεσθαι μὲν ὁπόταν τὸ στοιχεῖον ἑξάπουν ᾖ, τὰ δὲ πρὸ τοῦ λουτροῦ κάρυα καὶ πεττοὶ ἔστωσαν. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 1:1)
  • στοιχεῖον τὴν θάλασσαν, οὐδὲν ἧττον ἐκείνων ὠφέλιμον τῶν τ’ ἄλλων ἕνεκεν καὶ μάλιστα τῆσ ἐπιμιξίασ· (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 7 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. one of a row

  2. the elements of knowledge and the sciences

  3. a planet

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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