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ὕλη?

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration: hylē

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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὕλη ὕλα ὕλαι
Genitive ὕλης ὕλαιν ὑλῶν
Dative ὕλῃ ὕλαιν ὕλαις
Accusative ὕλην ὕλα ὕλας
Vocative ὕλη ὕλα ὕλαι

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 ἐπ᾿ 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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