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ὑγεία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑγεία

Structure: ὑγει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: late form for u(gi/eia, Plut.

Sense

Declension

First 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

  • καὶ Μαρδοχαῖοσ καὶ Ἐσθὴρ ἡ βασίλισσα ἔστησαν ἑαυτοῖσ καθ̓ ἑαυτῶν, καὶ τότε στήσαντεσ κατὰ τῆσ ὑγείασ ἑαυτῶν καὶ τὴν βουλὴν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 9:30)
  • ἐλευθέριον δέ, φησί, καὶ ἐμμελῶσ ἐν οἴνῳ διάγειν, μὴ κωθωνιζόμενον μηδὲ Θρᾳκίῳ νόμῳ ἄμυστιν οἰνοποτεῖν, ἀλλὰ τῷ πόματι φάρμακον ὑγείασ ἐγκιρνάναι τὸν λόγον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 16 2:6)
  • Ἀλκμαίων τῆσ μὲν ὑγείασ εἶναι συνεκτικὴν τὴν ἰσονομίαν τῶν δυνάμεων, ὑγροῦ ξηροῦ ψυχροῦ θερμοῦ πικροῦ γλυκέοσ καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 1:1)
  • τῇ δὲ τῆσ ἡδονῆσ, τῇ δὲ τῆσ ὑγείασ; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 12:4)
  • Ὑγείασ οὖν μὴ ὀρέγωμαι; (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 75:6)

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

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