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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

  • εὐλαβήθητε δὴ καὶ ὑμεῖσ ἀπὸ ἐπικαλύμματοσ, θυμὸσ γὰρ ἐπ̓ ἀνόμουσ ἐπελεύσεται, καὶ τότε γνώσονται ποῦ ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἡ ὕλη. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 19:29)
  • ὡσ ὅσαι γε ἀγαθαὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸν θυμόν γενναῖαι, ταύτασ δὲ οὐκ ἄν ποτε διαφύγοι λαγώσ, εἰ μή τισ δυσχωρία ἐμποδὼν γένοιτο, ἢ ὕλη ἀποκρύψασα, ἢ κατάδυσισ κοίλη καὶ βαθεῖα ἀφελομένη, ἢ τάφροσ διαδραμεῖν ἐν τῷ ἀφανεῖ παρασχοῦσα. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 2 3:2)
  • τῆμοσ ἀδηκτοτάτη πέλεται τμηθεῖσα σιδήρῳ ὕλη, φύλλα δ’ ἔραζε χέει, πτόρθοιό τε λήγει· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:3)
  • μέμυκε δὲ γαῖα καὶ ὕλη· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 59:2)
  • πολλὰσ δὲ δρῦσ ὑψικόμουσ ἐλάτασ τε παχείασ οὔρεοσ ἐν βήσσῃσ πιλνᾷ χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ ἐμπίπτων, καὶ πᾶσα βοᾷ τότε νήριτοσ ὕλη. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 59:3)
  • καὶ οὐ νεμεσίζομαι ὕλῃ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1180)

Synonyms

  1. wood

  2. timber

  3. matter

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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