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ὕλη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕλη ὕλης

Structure: ὑλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. wood, trees, forest
  2. timber, firewood
  3. stuff, material, substance,
  4. matter

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

  • δεδοίκασι γὰρ ἐν κοίταισ αὐτῶν, κάθηνται δὲ ἐν ὕλαισ ἐνεδρεύοντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 38:40)
  • ἡμεῖσ δὲ πολὺ ὠμοτέρου λῃστοῦ μνήμην ποιησόμεθα, ὅσῳ μὴ ἐν ὕλαισ καὶ ἐν ὄρεσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐν πόλεσιν οὗτοσ ἐλῄστευεν, οὐ Μυσίαν μόνην οὐδὲ τὴν Ἴδην κατατρέχων οὐδὲ ὀλίγα τῆσ Ἀσίασ μέρη τὰ ἐρημότερα λεηλατῶν, ἀλλὰ πᾶσαν ὡσ εἰπεῖν τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὴν ἐμπλήσασ τῆσ λῃστείασ τῆσ αὑτοῦ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 2:4)
  • ἦν τοίνυν πάλαι ‐ ῥᾷον γὰρ οὕτω δῆλον ἂν γένοιτο, εἴ τι ἠδίκηκα ἐγὼ μετακοσμήσασ καὶ νεωτερίσασ τὰ περὶ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ‐ ἦν οὖν τὸ θεῖον μόνον καὶ τὸ ἐπουράνιον γένοσ, ἡ γῆ δὲ ἄγριόν τι χρῆμα καὶ ἄμορφον, ὕλαισ ἅπασα καὶ ταύταισ ἀνημέροισ λάσιοσ, οὔτε δὲ βωμοὶ θεῶν ἢ νέωσ, ‐ πόθεν γάρ ^ ; (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 12:1)
  • καὶ πηλοῖσ βαθέσι καὶ λόχμαισ ἀφόροισ καὶ ὕλαισ ἐξηγρίωτο· (Plutarch, De esu carnium I, chapter, section 2 6:1)
  • ἔπειτα κατὰ τὸ μηδὲν αὐτῇ μυθῶδεσ προσάψαι, μηδ’ εἰσ ἀπάτην καὶ γοητείαν τῶν πολλῶν ἐκτρέψαι τὴν γραφήν, ὡσ οἱ πρὸ αὐτοῦ πάντεσ ἐποίησαν, Λαμίασ τινὰσ ἱστοροῦντεσ ἐν ὕλαισ καὶ νάπαισ ἐκ γῆσ ἀνἱεμένασ, καὶ Ναΐδασ ἀμφιβίουσ ἐκ Ταρτάρων ἐξιούσασ καὶ διὰ πελάγουσ νηχομένασ καὶ μιξόθηρασ, καὶ ταύτασ εἰσ ὁμιλίαν ἀνθρώποισ συνερχομένασ, καὶ ἐκ θνητῶν καὶ θείων συνουσιῶν γονὰσ ἡμιθέουσ, καὶ ἄλλασ τινὰσ ἀπίστουσ τῷ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ βίῳ καὶ πολὺ τὸ ἀνόητον ἔχειν δοκούσασ ἱστορίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 6 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. wood

  2. timber

  3. matter

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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