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ὑλικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑλικός

Structure: ὑλικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of matter, material

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ τὸ πανδεχὲσ καὶ ὑλικὸν ἐκεῖνο μέγεθοσ μὲν ἐκέκτητο καὶ διάστημα καὶ χώραν, κάλλουσ δὲ καὶ μορφῆσ καὶ σχημάτων μετριότητοσ ἐνδεῶσ εἶχεν· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 6 4:2)
  • ὁ θεόσ, ἡ δ’ ἐπὶ τὸ παθητικὸν τε καὶ ὑλικόν, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ὁ ὁρατὸσ κόσμοσ· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, chapter 3 23:1)
  • τὴν δ’ ἀόριστον δυάδα δαίμονα καὶ τὸ κακόν, περὶ ἥν ἐστι τὸ ὑλικὸν πλῆθοσ, ἔστι δὲ καὶ ὁ ὁρατὸσ κόσμοσ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, 21:2)
  • καὶ τοῦ μὲν συνόλου ἀνδριάντοσ μέροσ ὁ χαλκὸσ τοῦ δ’ ὡσ εἴδουσ λεγομένου ἀνδριάντοσ οὔ λεκτέον γὰρ τὸ εἶδοσ καὶ ᾗ εἶδοσ ἔχει ἕκαστον, τὸ δ’ ὑλικὸν οὐδέποτε καθ’ αὑτὸ λεκτέον· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 7 142:1)

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