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χαυνότης

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαυνότης χαυνότητος

Structure: χαυνοτητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from xau=nos

Sense

  1. porousness, sponginess
  2. empty vanity

Declension

Third 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

  • μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ ἀξιοῦν ἑαυτὸν ἀγαθῶν μεγάλων ἀνάξιον ὄντα χαυνότησ τοὺσ τοιούτουσ γὰρ χαύνουσ λέγομεν, ὅσοι μεγάλων οἰόνται ἄξιοι εἶναι οὐκ ὄντεσ, ἡ δὲ περὶ τὸ ἄξιον ὄντα μὴ ἀξιοῦν ἑαυτὸν μεγάλων μικροψυχία μικροψύχου γὰρ εἶναι δοκεῖ, ὅστισ ὑπαρχόντων δι’ ἃ δικαίωσ ἂν ἠξιοῦτο, μὴ ἀξιοῖ μηθενὸσ μεγάλου ἑαυτόν, ὥστ’ ἀνάγκη καὶ τὴν μεγαλοψυχίαν εἶναι μεσότητα χαυνότητοσ καὶ μικροψυχίασ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 112:1)
  • περὶ δὲ τιμὴν καὶ ἀτιμίαν μεσότησ μὲν μεγαλοψυχία, ὑπερβολὴ δὲ χαυνότησ τισ λεγομένη, ἔλλειψισ δὲ μικροψυχία· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 79:2)

Synonyms

  1. empty vanity

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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