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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

  • κατὰ τὴν ὕλην τοῦ πυρὸσ οὕτωσ ἐκκαυθήσεται, καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁ θυμὸσ αὐτοῦ ἔσται, καὶ κατὰ τὸν πλοῦτον ἀνυψώσει ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατὰ τὴν στερέωσιν τῆσ μάχησ ἐκκαυθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 28:10)
  • καὶ ἔσται τὸ φῶσ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ εἰσ πῦρ καὶ ἁγιάσει αὐτὸν ἐν πυρὶ καιομένῳ καὶ φάγεται ὡσεὶ χόρτον τὴν ὕλην. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 10:17)
  • ἱμείρων δ’ ὑπ’ ἔρωτι καὶ ἣν οὐκ εἶδε διώκων, Δύσπαρισ ἀθροίσασ ἐπὶ δάσκιον ἤγαγεν ὕλην ἀνέρασ ἐργοπόνοιο δαήμονασ Ἀτρυτώνησ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1103)
  • ἄγχι δὲ ναιομένην ὑπὸ δάσκιον οὔρεοσ ὕλην γείτονα παπταίνων ἐρατὴν θηεῖτο Θεράπνην. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1111)
  • ἀλλὰ πολυπρέμνων ξυλόχων ὑπὸ δάσκιον ὕλην δένδρεα παπτήνασα καὶ αὐτῶν μέχρι πετήλων σὸν δέμασ οὐκ ἐνόησα· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1179)

Synonyms

  1. wood

  2. timber

  3. matter

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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