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1 ενδεχομένως
ἐνδέχομαιtake upon oneself: pres part mp masc acc pl (doric)ἐνδεχομένωςto the best of his ability: indeclform (adverb) -
2 δέσποινα
1 queen, princess Αἰήτα παῖς δέσποινα Κόλχων Medea P. 4.11 νιν (= Κυράναν) πολυμήλου καὶ πολυκαρποτάτας θῆκε δέσποιναν χθονὸς (sc. Ἀπόλλων) P. 9.7 ὦ Κύπρου δέσποινα Aphrodite. fr. 122. 18. met., μᾶτερ ὦ χρυσοστεφάνων ἀέθλων Οὐλυμπία, δέσποιν' ἀλαθείας since the Olympian contest is the true proof of athletic ability O. 8.2 -
3 μανθάνω
1 learn (of) σοφὸς ὁ πολλὰ εἰδὼς φυᾷ· μαθόντες δὲ ἄκραντα γαρύετον i. e. those who are without natural ability O. 2.86ὥστ' ἔμφρονι δεῖξαι μαθεῖν Πατρόκλου βιατὰν νόον O. 9.75
ἔμαθε δὲ σαφές (sc. Ἰξίων, τὸν εὐεργέταν ἀγαναῖς ἀμοιβαῖς ἐποιχομένους τίνεσθαι) P. 2.25 γένοἰ οἷος ἐσσι μαθών (i. e. οἷον ἔμαθες σεαυτὸν ὄντα, what you have learned that you are) P. 2.72 τὰν (sc. Ἡσυχίαν) οὐδὲ Πορφυρίων μάθεν (ἔγνω Σ.) P. 8.12 μαθὼν δέ τις ἀνερεῖ, εἰ πὰρ μέλος ἔρχομαι ψάγιον ὄαρον ἐννέπων i. e. one who has learned, knows my ways N. 7.68 c. gen., μανθάνων οἶσθα προτέρων· ἓν παρ' ἐσλὸν πήματα σύνδυο δαίονται βροτοῖς ἀθάνατοι i. e. having learned from earlier poets P. 3.80 c. inf.,ἔμαθε δὑβρίζοντα μισεῖν P. 4.284
c. acc. & part.,σοφοὶ δὲ μέλλοντα τριταῖον ἄνεμον ἔμαθον N. 7.17
fragg. ἔμαθον δ' ὅτι μοῖραν[ Πα. 13c. 5. ] μαθοντ[ P. Oxy. 2442, fr. 103. -
4 δύναμις
-εως + ἡ N 3 76-150-63-112-189=590 Gn 21,22.32; 26,26; Ex 6,26; 7,4power, might, strength Dt 6,5; ability Dt 16,17; outward power, influence, authority Jos 4,24; force for war, army, host Gn 21,22; power, heavenly host 2 Chr 18,18; power, personal supernatural spirit or angel 4 Mc 5,13υἱοὶ δυνάμεων mighty men 1 Sm 10,26*2 Sm 23,36 ἀπὸ δυνάμεως of the army-צבא/מ for MT צבה/מ from Zobah; *Jb 11,6 δύναμιν power -עלםI for MT תעלמות עלםII secrets, see also 28,11; *Jb 40,10 δύναμιν power-גבורה for MT גבה height, eminence; *Ct 2,7 δυνάμεσι the powers, the hosts-צבאות צבא for MT צבאות צביא gazelle, see also Ct 3,5;*DnTh 8,9 τὴν δύναμιν the host-צבא for MT צבי the fairest (of all lands)Cf. LARCHER 1983, 171-172; SCHOLTISSEK 1993, 81-85; TOV 1976b, 531-532; WEVERS 1990, 132;→NIDNTT; TWNT -
5 ἐνδεχομένως
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6 δεινός
A fearful, terrible; in Hom., of persons and things,Χάρυβδις Od.12.260
;κλαγγή Il.1.49
;ὅπλα 10.254
: freq. in neut.,δεινὸν ἀῧσαι 11.10
;βροντᾶν 20.56
;δεινὸν δέρκεσθαι 3.342
;παπταίνειν Od.11.608
;δεινὰ δ' ὑποδρὰ ἰδών Il. 15.13
; δ. ἰδέσθαι fearful to behold, Od.22.405;δ. μὲν ὁρᾶν, δ. δὲ κλύειν S.OC 141
;εἰ καὶ δεινόν τῳ ἀκοῦσαι Th.1.122
;δεινὴ παρὰ τοῖς εἰδόσιν ἡ βάσανος And.1.30
; in milder sense, awful,δεινή τε καὶ αἰδοίη θεός Il.18.394
, cf. 3.172, Od.8.22, etc.; danger, suffering, horror,A.
Ch. 634, etc.; awe, terror, Id.Eu. 517;ὅπου τὸ δ. ἐλπὶς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ S.Fr. 196
; πρὸς τὸ δ. ἔρχεσθαι ib. 351: in pl., ;εἰ δείν' ἔδρασας, δεινὰ καὶ παθεῖν σε δεῖ Id.Fr. 962
, etc.; δεινὸν γίγνεται μή.. there is danger that.., Hdt.7.157; οὐδὲν δεινοὶ ἔσονται μὴ ἀποστέωσιν no fear of their revolting, Id.1.155, etc.; δεινότατον μή.. the greatest danger lest.., And.3.1; δεινόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is dangerous to do, Lys.12.87; δεινὸν ποιεῖσθαι take ill, complain of, be indignant at a thing: abs., Th.1.102, etc.: c. inf.,ὑπὸ Μήδων ἄρχεσθαι Hdt.1.127
, etc.; also make complaints,Id.
3.14,5.41;ἐν δεινῷ τίθεσθαι J.AJ18.9.8
;δεινόν τι ἔσχε αὐτὸν ἀτιμάζεσθαι Hdt.1.61
; δεινὸν or δεινὰ παθεῖν suffer illegal, arbitrary treatment, Ar.Ra. 252, cf. Pl.Prt. 317b, etc.;δεινότερα π. Th.3.13
;τὸ δ. τὸ πείσομαι Hdt.7.11
: in Oratt.,δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ.. And.1.30
, Lys.12.88, etc. Adv.-νῶς, φέρειν Hdt.2.121
. γ'; δ. καὶ ἀπόρως ἔχει μοι I am in dire straits, Antipho 1.1;δ. ἔχειν τῇ ἐνδείᾳ X.An.6.4.23
;δ. διατεθῆναι τυπτόμενος Lys.3.27
.II marvellously strong, powerful: δ. σάκος the mighty shield, Il.7.245; simply, wondrous, marvellous, strange, τὸ συγγενές τοι δεινὸν ἥ θ' ὁμιλία kin and social ties have strange power, A.Pr.39;δ. τὸ κοινὸν σπλάγχνον Id.Th. 1036
;δ. τὸ τίκτειν S.El. 770
;πολλὰ τὰ δ. κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου -ότερον πέλει. Id.Ant. 333
; δ. ἵμερος, ἔρως, Hdt.9.3, Pl.Tht. 169c; , etc.;δ. λέγεις πρᾶγμα Pl.Euthd. 298c
;δ. γ' εἶπας, εἰ καὶ ζῇς θανών S.Aj. 1127
; freq. δεινὸν ἂν εἴη εἰ.. it were strange that.., as E.Hec. 592. Adv. - νῶς marvellously, exceedingly, δ. μέλαινα, ἄνυδρος, Hdt.2.76, 149;δ. ἐν φυλακῇσι εἶναι Id.3.152
;δ. πώς εἰμ' ἐπιλήσμων Metag.2
, etc.: [comp] Comp. - οτέρως Sch. Min.Il.7.97.III clever, skilful, first in Hdt.5.23 ἀνὴρ δ. τε καὶ σοφός; of Odysseus,γλώσσῃ.. δεινοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ S.Ph. 440
, cf. OC 806, Antipho 2.2.3, Lys.7.12;σοφὸς καὶ δ. Pl.Prt. 341a
; opp. σοφός, of practical ability, Id.Phdr. 245c, Tht. 164d; opp. ἰδιώτης, D.4.35: c. inf.,δεινὸς εὑρεῖν A.Pr.59
; ; δ. λέγειν clever at speaking, S.OT 545, etc.; δ. εἰπεῖν is rare, D.20.150;νόσος δ. φαγεῖν Ar.Nu. 243
;δ. πράγμασι χρῆσθαι D.1.3
; αἱ εὐπραξίαι δ. συγκρύψαι τὰ ὀνείδη are wonderfully liable to.., Id.2.20: c. acc.,δ. τὴν τέχνην Ar.Ec. 364
;δ. περὶ τοὺς λόγους τοὺς εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια Pl.Euthd. 304d
;ἐς τὰ πάντα Ar.Ra. 968
; δ. περὶ τὸ ἀδικεῖν, περὶ Ὁμήρου, Pl.R. 405c, Ion 531a;δ. ἀμφί τι Arr.Tact.9.5
;δ. κατὰ χειρουργίαν Ael.VH3.1
;ἐν λόγοισι δ. Ὑπερείδης Timocl.4.7
(but also of the forcible, vehement, style in oratory, Demetr.Eloc. 240, al.); in bad sense, over-clever, Pl.Euthphr.3c;δ. ὑπὸ πανουργίας Id.Tht. 176d
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7 δόκιμος
A acceptable: hence,1 of persons, trustworthy, Heraclit.28 ([comp] Sup.), Democr. 67; approved, esteemed, Hdt.1.65, al.;δ. παρά τινι Id.7.117
; δοκιμώτατος Ἑλλάδι most approved by Hellas, her noblest son, E.Supp. 277 (anap.): c. inf., of approved ability to do..,δόκιμος δ' οὔτις.. εἴργειν A.Pers.87
(lyr.).2 of things, excellent,τὸ ἔαρ -ώτατον Hdt.7.162
; notable, considerable,ποταμός Id.7.129
; approved, κριθὰ καθαρὰ δ. Tab.Heracl. l. c.; δ. ἀργύριον legal tender, D.35.24, cf. PLond.3.938.6 (iii A. D.); acceptable,Pi.
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8 δύναμις
A power, might, in Hom., esp. of bodily strength,εἴ μοι δ. γε παρείη Od. 2.62
, cf. Il.8.294;οἵη ἐμὴ δ. καὶ χεῖρες Od.20.237
;ἡ δ. τῶν νέων Antipho 4.3.2
, etc.: generally, strength, power, ability to do anything, πὰρ δύναμιν beyond one's strength, Il.13.787; in Prose,παρὰ δ. τολμηταί Th.1.70
, etc.;ὑπὲρ δ. D.18.193
; opp. κατὰ δ. as far as lies in one, Hdt.3.142, etc. (κὰδ δ. Hes.Op. 336
);εἰς δύναμιν Cratin. 172
, Pl.R. 458e, etc.;πρὸς τὴν δ. Id.Phdr. 231a
.2 outward power, influence, authority, A.Pers. 174 (anap.), Ag. 779 (lyr.);καταπαύσαντα τὴν Κύρου δ. Hdt.1.90
;δυνάμει προὔχοντες Th.7.21
, etc.; ἐν δ. εἶναι, γενέσθαι, X.HG4.4.5, D.13.29.3 force for war, forces,δ. ἀνδρῶν Hdt.5.100
, cf. Pl.Mx. 240d, Plb.1.41.2, LXX Ge.21.22, OGI139.8 (ii B. C.); μετὰ δυνάμεων ἱκανῶν Wilcken Chr.10 (ii B. C.), etc.;δ. καὶ πεζὴ καὶ ἱππικὴ καὶ ναυτική X.An.1.3.12
; πέντε δυνάμεσι πεφρουρημένον, of the five projecting rows of sarissae in the phalanx, Ascl.Tact.5.2,al.4 a power, quantity,χρημάτων δ. Hdt.7.9
.ά.5 means,κατὰ δύναμιν Arist.EE 1243b12
; opp. παρὰ δ., 2 Ep.Cor.8.3;κατὰ δ. τῶν ὑπαρχόντων BGU1051.17
(Aug.).II power, faculty, capacity,αἱ ἀμφὶ τὸ σῶμα δ. Hp.VM14
;αἱ τοῦ σώματος δυνάμεις Pl.Tht. 185e
;ἡ τῆς ὄψεως δ. Id.R. 532a
;ἡ τῶν λεγόντων δ. D.22.11
: c. gen. rei, capacity for, ;τοῦ λέγειν Id.Rh. 1362b22
; τοῦ λόγου, τῶν λόγων, Men.578, Alex.94;δ. στρατηγική Plb.1.84.6
;δ. ἐν πραγματείᾳ Id.2.56.5
;δ. συνθετική D.H.Comp.2
: abs., any natural capacity or faculty, that may be improved and may be used for good or ill, Arist.Top. 126a37, cf. MM 1183b28.2 elementary force, such as heat, cold, etc., Hp.VM16, Arist.PA 646a14; ἡ τοῦ θερμοῦ δ.ib. 650a5;θερμαντικὴ δ. Epicur.Fr.60
, cf. Polystr.p.23 W.b property, quality,ἰδίην δύναμιν καὶ φύσιν ἔχειν Hp.VM13
, cf. Nat.Hom.5, Vict.1.10; esp. of the natural properties of plants, etc., αἱ δ. τῶν φυομένων, τῶν σπερμάτων, X.Cyr.8.8.14, Thphr.HP8.11.1; productive power,τῆς γῆς Id.Oec.16.4
;μετάλλων Id.Vect.4.1
: generally, function, faculty, δύναμις φυσική, ζωική, ψυχική, Gal.10.635; περὶ φυσικῶν δ., title of work by Galen.c in pl., agencies, ὑπάρχειν ἐν τῇ φύσει τὰς τοιαύτας δυνάμεις (sc. the gods) Polystr.p.10 W.d function, meaning, of part in whole, Id.p.17 W.e in Music, function, value, of a note in the scale,δ. ἐστι τάξις φθόγγου ἐν συστήματι Cleonid.Harm.14
, cf. Aristox.Harm.p.69M.; μέση κατὰ δύναμιν, opp. κατὰ θέσιν, Ptol. Harm.2.5.3 faculty, art, or craft, Pl.R. 532d, Arist.Metaph. 1018a30, EN 1094a10, Arr.Epict.1.1.1; δ. σκεπτική the doctrine of the Sceptics, S.E.M.7.1.4 a medicine, Timostr.7, etc.;δ. ἁπλαῖ Hp.Decent.9
, Aret.CD1.4, etc.;δ. πολυφάρμακοι Plu.2.403c
, Gal.13.365: in pl., collection of formulae or prescriptions, Orib.10.33.b action of medicines, περὶ τῆς ἁπλῶν φαρμάκων δ., title of work by Galen; also, potency, δυνάμει θερμά, ψυχρά, Id.1.672, al.IV capability of existing or acting, potentiality, opp. actuality ([etym.] ἐνέργεια), Arist.Metaph. 1047b31, 1051a5, etc.: hence δυνάμει as Adv., virtually,ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει.. ἐστί D.3.15
; opp. ἐνεργείᾳ, Arist.APo. 86a28, al.; opp. ἐντελεχείᾳ, Id.Ph. 193b8, al.V Math., power,κατὰ μεταφορὰν ἡ ἐν γεωμετρίᾳ λέγεται δ. Id.Metaph. 1019b33
; usu. second power, square, κατὰ δύναμιν in square, Pl.Ti. 54b, cf. Theol.Ar.11, etc.: chiefly in dat., [εὐθεῖα] δυνάμει ἴση a line the square on which is equal to an area, ἡ BA ἐλάσσων ἐστὶν ἢ διπλασίων δυνάμει τῆς AK the square on BA is less than double of the square on AK, Archim.Sph.Cyl.2.9: εὐθεῖαι δ. σύμμετροι commensurable in square, Euc.10Def.2; ἡ δυνάμει δεκάς the series 12 + 22... + 102, Theol.Ar.64.3 product of two numbers, ἡ ἀμφοῖν (sc. τριάδος καὶ δυάδος)δ. ἑξάς Ph.1.3
, cf. Iamb.in Nic.p.108 P.; δυνάμει in product, Hero Metr.1.15, Theol.Ar.33.VI concrete, powers, esp. of divine beings,αἱ δ. τῶν οὐρανῶν LXX Is.34.4
, cf. 1 Ep.Pet.3.22, al., Ph.1.587, Corp.Herm.1.26, Porph.Abst.2.34: sg., Act.Ap.8.10, PMag.Par.1.1275; πολυώνυμος δ., of God, Secund.Sent.3.VII manifestation of divine power, miracle, Ev.Matt.11.21, al., Buresch Aus Lydien 113, etc.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > δύναμις
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9 εὐεξία
A good habit of body, good health, Hp.Aph.1.3 (pl.); ;εὐ. τῶν σωμάτων καὶ καχεξία Pl.Grg. 450a
, cf. Arist.EN 1129a19, Top. 105a31; εὐ. πολιτική bodily vigour required of a citizen, Id.Pol. 1335b6; ὑγίεια καὶ εὐ. Pl.R. 559a: pl.,εὐεξίαι τῶν σωμάτων Id.Prt. 354b
, cf. Aeschin.1.189, Plb.1.57.1, v.l. in Isoc.4.1; περὶ εὐεξίας (opp. ὑγίεια, as temporary high condition to permanent health), title of work by Gal.4.750, 1.408, Thras.12; νικᾶν εὐεξίαν, εὐεξίᾳ, SIG 1060 (iv/iii B.C.), 1061 (ii B.C.).II generally, vigour, good condition,ὑγίεια καὶ κάλλος καὶ εὐ. ψυχῆς Pl.R. 444d
;τῆς πολιτείας Plb.20.4.1
;φωνῆς Plu.2.804b
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10 μετριότης
A moderation, Th.1.38, Pl.R. 560d, Philyll.7, Plb.1.88.3;μ. τέρψιος Democr.191
;ἡ τῆς φωνῆς μ. Isoc.15.296
;ἡ τοῦ βίου μ. Aeschin.3.218
, cf. Arist.Pol. 1315b2 (pl.); μ. τῶν σίτων (leg. συσσίτων) moderation in (of).., X.Cyr.5.2.17; μ. περί τι, ἔν τινι, Pl.Def. 411e, 412b: pl., middle course, Isoc.2.33, 4.11.2 the right amount or degree of anything, Hp.Off.3, Fract.5: pl., Liq. 1.II middle condition, modest circumstances or ability, POxy. 1121.10 (iii A.D.), PMasp.305.11 (vi A.D.), etc.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > μετριότης
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11 οἷος
A such as, of what sort, relat. and indirect interrog. Pron., correl. to direct interrog. ποῖος, indef. ποιός, demonstr. τοῖος :ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε Il.24.630
;ὁσσάτιόν τε καὶ οἷον 5.758
: c. acc., οἶδ' ἀρετὴν οἷός ἐσσι what a man for valour, 13.275 : freq. to be rendered by an Adv., οἷος πόλεμόνδε μέτεισι as he rushes into war, ib. 298, etc.:—Usage:I οἷος in an independent sentence as an exclam. of astonishment,ὢ πόποι.., οἷον ἔειπες Il.7.455
; οἷ. τὸ πῦρ what a fire is this ! A.Ag. 1256, cf. Pers. 733, al. ;οἷ. εἰργάσασθε Pl.R. 450a
;οἷ. ἄνδρα λέγεις ἐν κινδύνῳ εἶναι Id.Tht. 142b
;οἷα ποιεῖς Id.Euthphr. 15e
, etc.: so in neut. as Adv., v. infr. v. 1.2 in indirect sentences, S.OT 624, 1402, 1488, etc. ;ὁρᾶτε δὴ ἐν οἵῳ ἐστέ X.Cyr.3.2.12
;ὁρῶν ἐν οἵοις ἐσμέν Id.An.3.1.15
.II more freq. as relat. to a demonstr. τοῖος, τοιόσδε, τοιοῦτος, or to ὁ, ὅδε, asτῷ ἴκελον, οἷόν ποτε Δαίδαλος ἤσκησεν Il.18.591
;θέαμα τοιοῦτον οἷ. καὶ στυγοῦντ' ἐποικτίσαι S.OT 1296
: but the demonstr. Pron. is freq. omitted,οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἲς ἔσθ' οἵη πάρος ἔσκεν Il.11.669
, etc. ; οἷ. καὶ Πάρις.. ᾔσχυνε like as Paris also.., A.Ag. 399 (lyr.), cf. Pers.21, al.: with δή added, τοιόνδ', οἷ. δὴ σύ such as you surely are, Il.24.376, v. infr. v. 2 : with περ added,οἵη περ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν
just such as..,6.146
, cf. A.Ag. 607, 1046, X.Cyr.1.6.19 : very freq. with τε added (this οἷός τε must be distd. from οἷός τε c. inf., v. infr. 111.2),οἷός τε πελώριος ἔρχεται Ἄρης Il.7.208
, cf. 17.157, Od.7.106, etc. ;οἷός που 20.35
: οἷός τις, οἷόν τι generalizes a Comparison, the sort of person who.., thing which.., Il.5.638, Od.9.348 ; οἶσθα εἰς οἷόν τινα κίνδυνον ἔρχει.. ; Pl.Prt. 313a ; with attraction of οἷος to the case of its antecedent (which may follow instead of preceding),οἵοις περ σὺ χρώμενοι συμβούλοις D.24.185
; and with further attraction of the subject of the relat. clause, οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον ἀνέρας.., οἷον Πειρίθοον (for οἷος Πειρίθοος) Il.1.263 ;πρὸς ἄνδρας τολμηρούς, οἵους καὶ Ἀθηναίους Th.7.21
, cf. X.Mem.2.9.3 ;περὶ τοῦ τοιούτου.., οἵου τοῦ ἑνός Pl.Prm. 161b
.2 οἷος, οἵα, οἷον freq. introduce an 'indirect exclamation', giving the reason for what precedes, ἄνακτα χόλος λάβεν, οἷον ἄκουσε because of what he heard, Il.6.166, cf. Od.17.479 ; ἐμακάριζοντὴν μητέρα οἵων τέκνων ἐκύρησε Hdt.1.31
; ;τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ τύχην [ἀπέκλαον], οἵου ἀνδρὸς.. ἐστερημένος εἴην Pl.Phd. 117c
, cf. S.OT 701.3 sts. in Hom. οἷος introduces the reason for saying what is said,ὠκύμορος.. ἔσσεαι, οἷ' ἀγορεύεις Il.18.95
, cf. Od.4.611 ;αἲ γάρ με θυμὸς ἀνείη ὤμ' ἀποταμνόμενον κρέα ἔδμεναι, οἷα ἔοργας Il.22.347
.4 οἷα δὴ εἴπας saying so and so, Hdt.1.86 (cf.ὅσος 111.2
): later with other Particles, v. infr. VI.5 οὐδὲν οἷον.. there's nothing like.., ἀλλ' οὐδὲν οἷ. ἐστ' ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ἐπῶν there's nothing like hearing the verses, Ar.Av. 966, cf. Lys. 135 ;οὐδὲν γὰρ οἷ. ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ τοῦ νόμου D.21.46
, cf. Pl.Grg. 447c, 481b, X.Oec.3.14.6 never used like Adv. οἷον (infr. V. I) with an Adj. = how, for in Il.11.653, οἶσθα.. οἷ. ἐκεῖνος δεινὸς ἀνήρ = what manner of man, namely dread, cf. 15.94, 21.108, Od.19.493, etc.7 as indef., a sort or kind of.., ὁ δ' ἕτερος οἷός ἐστιν οἰκουρὸς μόνον only a kind of watch-dog, Ar.V. 970 ; so with Adj., ἀφόρητος οἷος.. κρυμός of an intolerable kind, Hdt.4.28 ; θαυμαστὸς οἷος of a wonderful nature, Luc.Zeux.6 ; οἷος ἔμπειρος πολέμου rather skilled in war, D.2.18 ; οἷον τετανότριχα rather straight-haired, Pl.Euthphr.2b ; freq. with [comp] Sup., χωρίον οἷον χαλεπώτατον country of a very difficult kind, X.An.4.8.2, cf. Ar.Eq. 978, Ach. 384, Pl.Ap. 23a ;ἀνὴρ οἷος κράτιστος Arist.EN 1165b27
;κόλπος οἷος βαθύτατος Ael.NA14.26
: in some of these passages with [comp] Sup. it is possible to take οἷος as relat., supplying δυνατόν, cf.ξύμμαχος ἔσομαι οἷος ἂν δύνωμαι ἄριστος IG12.39.28
.III οἷος c. inf. implies fitness or ability for a thing, οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὥρα οἵα τὸ πεδίον ἄρδειν fit for watering, X.An.2.3.13, cf. Pl.Grg. 487d ; οἷοι φιλεῖν, μισεῖν, etc., D.25.2, etc.: freq. with τοιοῦτος expressed,τοιοῦτός τις οἷ. διαπονεῖσθαι Pl. Cra. 395a
, cf. R. 415e ; τὸ πρᾶγμα μέγα.. καὶ μὴ οἷ. νεωτέρῳ βουλεύσασθαι not proper for a young man to advise upon, Th.6.12 : without inf.,λόγους οἵους εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια Pl.Euthd. 272a
.b οἷός εἰμι I intend,ἐβιάζετο.. καὶ οἷος ἦν ἐξευρεῖν τὴν θύραν Lys.Fr. 159
S., cf. D. 4.9, al., Is.8.21 ; οἷος ἦν κατεσθίειν was on the point of eating, Antig. Car. ap. Ath.7.345d.2 more freq. οἷός τε c. inf., fit or able to do,λιποίμην οἷός τ'.. ἀέθλια κάλ' ἀνελέσθαι Od.21.117
(preceded by τοῖον ib. 173), Hdt.1.29, 67,91 ;λέγειν οἷός τε κἀγώ Ar.Eq. 343
, cf. Th.3.16, Isoc.8.69, etc. ; inclined to.., Plb.3.90.5, J.AJ4.6.3 : most freq. in neut. sg. and pl., οἷόν τε [ἐστί] it is possible to.., Th.1.80, etc. ;οἷά τε [ἐστί] Hdt.1.194
, etc. ; a dat. is sts. added,μὴ οἷόν τε εἶναι ἐμοὶ κωλῦσαι Th.7.14
.3 without inf., : but mostly in neut., οἷόν τε [ἐστίν] it is possible, Isoc.9.9 ;οὐχ οἷόν τε ἐστίν Ar.Nu. 198
, etc.: with [comp] Sup.,καλὸν ὡς οἷόν τε μάλιστα Pl.Prt. 349e
;ὡς οἷόν τε σμικρότατα Id.Prm. 144b
;ὡς οἷόν τε διὰ βραχυτάτων Id.Grg. 449d
: without [comp] Sup.,φρίττειν.. ποιεῖ ὡς οἷόν τε πάντας Id.R. 387c
(dub. l.) ; ὡς οἷόν τε sts. so far as possible, of what cannot be done completely, D.8.75, Arist. Pol. 1313a39, Luc.Im.3.IV sts. twice in the same clause, οἷ' ἔργα δράσας οἷα λαγχάνει κακά after what deeds what sufferings are his ! S.El. 751 ; ἱερῶν οἵαν οἵων χάριν ἠνύσω what thanks for what offerings ! Id.Tr. 994, cf. 1045, E.Alc. 144 : so in Prose, X.Cyr.4.5.29, Pl.Smp. 195a.V as Adv. in neut. sg. οἷον, in Poets and [dialect] Ion. Prose also pl. οἷα, how, , cf. Il.5.601, 13.633, 15.287 : also with Adjs., οἷον ἐερσήεις how fresh, 24.419 ; οἷον δὴ Μενέλαον ὑπέτρεσας seeing how thou didst shrink from M., Il.17.587, cf. 21.57. (Regul. Adv. οἵως is rare, as in Hp. Epid.6.7.2, f.l. in Ar.V. 1363 ; οἷος ὢν οἵ. ἔχεις in what a state art thou for such a man! S.Aj. 923 ;οἵως τέ σφ' ἐσάωσα A.R.4.786
.)2 as, just as,οἷον ὅτε.. Il.14.295
: also neut. pl.οἷα, οἷά τις.. ἀηδών A.Ag. 1142
(lyr.), cf. S.Tr. 105 (lyr.), etc.: so οἷά τε in Hom.,οἷά τε ληϊστῆρες Od.3.73
, cf.9.128, Hdt.2.175 : strengthd. by Particles,οἷα δή Th.8.84
, Pl.Smp. 219e, R. 467b ;οἷα δή που Ael.NA1.14
: later a double form occurs,οἷον ὡς.. Demetr.Eloc.94
, Sch.D.T.p.113 H. ;οἷον ὥσπερ.. Phryn.PS p.80
B., dub. in Plu.2.563f.b as for instance, Pl.Sph. 218e, Arist.GC 333a11, etc.; οἷον τί λέγεις ; as for example, what do you mean ? Pl.Tht. 207a, cf. Od.4.271, where οἷον is Adj.c in numerical estimates, about,οἷον δέκα σταδίους Th.4.90
;μῆκος οἷον ἐπὶ δέκα δακτύλους IG22.1457.17
.d οἷον parenthetically prefixed to any word or phrase, as it were, so to speak,οἷον υἱεῖς γνησίους Pl.Phdr. 278a
, cf. Cra. 396a, Arist.HA 532a6, GA 753a33 ;τῶν οἷον προγυμναζομένων M.Ant.6.20
;τοῦ οἷον δόγματος D.L.9.69
; τὴν.. οἷον φάτταν the ring-dove of my parable, Pl.Tht. 199b.e οἷον explanatory, that is to say, τὸ νῦν ῥηθησόμενον, οἷον.. what I am about to mention, viz., Arist.PA 639b6, cf. GC 333a11, al. ; κατὰ τὸ μέσον, οἷον κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς διαγωνίων in the middle, i. e. at the intersection of their diagonals, Procl.Hyp.3.16, cf. 22, Hsch. s.v. οἰοφάγῳ, al.4 οὐχ οἷον or μὴ οἷον, folld. by ἀλλ' οὐδέ or ἀλλὰ μηδέ, not only not.., but not even.., Plb. 1.20.12, D.S.3.18, Phld.Rh.2.249 S., etc.VI strengthd. with various Particles, οἷος δή, v. supr. 11.4: [full] οἱοσδήποτε, οἱαδήποτε, οἱονδήποτε, of such and such a kind, Arist.EN 1114b17 ; [full] οἱοσδηποτοῦν, of whatever kind, Hero *Geom.12.30, al., BGU895.28 (ii A. D.), Paul.Aeg. 6.88 ; [full] οἱοσδήπως, OGI521.4 (Abydos, v/vi A. D.) ; [full] οἱοσδητισοῦν, ib.515.16 (Mylasa, iii A. D.) ; [full] οἱοσοῦν, Just.Nov.30.7.1 ; [full] οἱοσποτοῦν, Arist.Top. 146b26 ; [full] οἱοστισοῦν, v. l. in Dsc.2.76.13. [[pron. full] οῐ is found in Il.13.275, Od.7.312 ; and sts. in Trag., as A.Ag. 1256, esp. in the form , OC 262, 803, al.] -
12 οὐ μή
οὐ μή, in independent sentences, is used either in Denial or in Prohibition:I in Denial,1 with subj.,a chiefly of [tense] aor.,οὔ τι μὴ ληφθῶ δόλῳ A.Th.38
, cf. 199, 282, Ch. 895;οὔ τοί σ' Ἀχαιῶν.. μή τις ὑβρίσῃ S.Aj. 560
, cf. El.42, 1029, Ph. 103, 381, OT 329, 771, OC 450, 1023 (v. infr.);οὔ τι μὴ φύγητε λαιψηρῷ ποδί E.Hec. 1039
, cf. HF 718;οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἀπώσηται Hdt.1.199
, cf. 7.53;οὐ μήποτε.. ἐσβάλωσιν Th.4.95
, cf. 5.69;οὐ μή ποθ' ἁλῶ Ar.Ach. 662
, cf. V. 394;οὐ μή ποτε δέξηται Pl.Phd. 105d
, cf. Phdr. 260e, R. 609b;οὐ μὴ κρατηθῶ X.Cyr. 5.1.17
, cf. 3.2.8 (v.l. δέξονται), An.4.8.13; so .b rarely of [tense] pres., mostly with Verbs expressing possibility or ability, οὐ μὴ δύνηται (v.l. δυνήσεται) X.Cyr. 8.1.5, cf. An.2.2.12, Hier.11.15;οὐ μὴ οἷός τ' ᾖς Pl.R. 341b
;οὐ γὰρ μὴ δυνατὸς ὦ Id.Phlb. 48d
: in S.OC 1023, for οὐ μή ποτε.. φυγόντες.. ἐπεύχωνται θεοῖς, two Mss. give ἐπεύξωνται, and this has been adopted by most edd.; and in Is.8.24, for οὐ μὴ εἰσίῃς Bekk. restd. οὐ μὴ εἴσει εἰς ..:—Note: οὐ μή with subj. prob. arose from the ellipsis of a Verb or phrase expressing fear or apprehension; such words are sts. expressed,οὐ γὰρ ἦν δεινὸν.. μὴ ἁλῷ κοτε Hdt.1.84
, cf. 7.235, Ar.Ec. 650, X.Mem.2.1.25, Pl.Ap. 28b, Phd. 84b, Grg. 520d, R. 465b.—Sts. there is no idea of fear, as in S.Ph. 103, E.IT18; the constr. is freely used after ὅτι, Th.5.69, X.HG4.2.3, Pl.R. 499b; after ὡς, since, Ar. Av. 461; after ὥστε, Pl.Phdr. 227d.2 with [tense] fut. ind.,οὔ σοι μὴ μεθέψομαί ποτε S.El. 1052
, cf. OC 176(lyr.);οὐ μή σ' ἐγὼ περιόψομαι Ar. Ra. 508
; οὐ μὴ δέξονται (v.l. δέξωνται) X.Cyr.3.2.8: the reading in Id.HG1.6.32 is doubtful: in orat. obliq. the opt. is used, : or inf.,εἶπεν.. οὐ μή ποτε.. εὖ πράξειν πόλιν E.Ph. 1590
.II in Prohibition, οὐ μή is used interrogatively with [tense] fut. ind. (chiefly of the 2 pers.) so as to express a strong prohibition, οὐ μὴ 'ξεγερεῖς τὸν ὕπνῳ κάτοχον; = μὴ ἐξέγειρε, S.Tr. 978 (anap.); ;E.
Supp. 1066, cf.Andr. 757, El. 982, Hipp. 213 (anap.); ;Ar.
Ach. 166, cf. Nu. 367, V. 397: when the Mss. give an [tense] aor. subj. in such phrases (asοὐ μὴ σκώψῃς μηδὲ ποιήσῃς Id.Nu. 296
) it has generally been changed by edd. into [tense] fut. ind.—The prohibition is continued by καί or byμηδέ, οὐ μὴ' ξεγερεῖς.. κἀκκινήσεις
;S.
Tr. 978 (anap.); ;E.
Hipp. 606, cf. Ar.Nu. 296, Ra. 298.—The prohibition is changed into a direct command by ἀλλά orδέ, οὐ μὴ λαλήσεις ἀλλ' ἀκολουθήσεις ἐμοί
;Id.
Nu. 505, cf. Ra. 202, 462, 524, E.Ba. 792; οὐ μὴ προσοίσεις χεῖρα βακχεύσεις δ' ἰών; ib. 343, cf. Med. 1151, El. 383.2 later οὐ μὴ ἐμπέσω let me not fall, LXX 2 Ki.24.14.III in A. Th. 250, οὐ σῖγα μηδὲν τῶνδ' ἐρεῖς κατὰ πτόλιν; seems to mean keep silent and say nothing.., σῖγα being short for σιγήσει and καὶ being omitted: similarly, οὐ σῖγ' ἀνέξει, μηδὲ δειλίαν ἀρῇ; submit silently and do not play the coward, S.Aj.75, cf. Tr. 1183, OT 637, E.Hipp. 498, Hel. 437, Pl.Smp. 175a. -
13 πρᾶξις
A doing, transaction, business, [πλεῖν] κατὰ πρῆξιν
on a trading voyage,Od.
3.72;ἐπὶ πρῆξιν ἔπλεον h.Ap. 397
; π. δ' ἥδ' ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος a private, not a public affair, Od.3.82;π. μηδὲ φίλοισιν ὅμως ἀνακοινέο πᾶσιν Thgn. 73
; ἡ περί τινος π. the transaction respecting.., Th.6.88.2 result or issue of a business, esp. good result, success, οὐ γάρ τις πρῆξις πέλεται.. γόοιο no good comes of weeping, Il.24.524;οὔ τις π. ἐγίγνετο μυρομένοισιν Od.10.202
; λυμαίνεσθαί τινι τὴν π. to spoil one's market, X.An.1.3.16; π. φίλαν δίδοι grant a happy issue. Pi.O.1.85;π. οὐρίαν θέλων A.Ch. 814
(lyr.); ταχεῖά γ' ἦλθε χρησμῶν π. their issue, Id.Pers. 739;ἄνευ τούτων οὐκ ἂν εἵη π. X.Cyn.2.2
;δὸς πόρον καὶ π. τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ PMag.Par.1.2366
.II doing, τῶν ἀγαθῶν (of persons)πρήξιες Thgn.1026
;ἡ τῶν ἀγαθῶν π. Pl.Chrm. 163e
;ἡ π. τῶν ἔργων Antipho 3.4.9
; achievement, Th.3.114; π. πολεμική, πολιητική, πολιτική, Pl.R. 399a, Sph. 266d, Men. 99b; action, opp. πάθος, Id.Lg. 876d; opp. ἕξις, Id.R. 434a; moral action, opp. ποίησις, τέχνη, Arist.EN 1140a2, 1097a16; opp. ποιότης, Id.Po. 1450a18, cf.EN 1178a35 (pl.);ἤθη καὶ πάθη καὶ π. Id.Po. 1447a28
; opp. οἱ πολιτικοὶ λόγοι, D.61.44;ἔργῳ καὶ πράξεσιν, οὐχὶ λόγοις Id.6.3
; ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι ὄντα τε καὶ πραττόμενα exhibited in actual life, Pl.Phdr. 271d; action in drama, opp. λόγος, Arist.Po. 1454a18; μία π. ὅλη καὶ τελεία ib. 1459a19, cf. 1451b33 (pl.).3 euphem. for sexual intercourse, Pi. Fr. 127, Aeschin.1.158, etc.; in full,ἡ π. ἡ γεννητική Arist.HA 539b20
.4 magical operation, spell, PMag.Par.1.1227, al., PMag.Lond. 125.40.b military action, battle, Plb.3.19.11, etc.IV doing, faring well or ill, fortune, state, condition,ἀπέκλαιε.. τὴν ἑωυτοῦ π. Hdt.3.65
, cf. A.Pr. 695 (lyr.), S.Aj. 790, 792;εύτυχὴς π. Id.Tr. 294
;κακαὶ π. Id.Ant. 1305
.V practical ability,π. καὶ σύνεσις Plb.2.47.5
;ἡ ἐν τοῖς πολεμικοῖς π. Id.4.77.1
.2 practice, i.e. trickery, treachery,ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν Id.2.9.2
; κατὰ τῆς πόλεως, ἐπὶ τοὺς Αἰτωλούς, Id.4.71.6, 5.96.4.VI exaction of money, recovery of debts, arrears, etc., IG12.57.13, al.;συμβολαίων πράξεις And.1.88
;τοῦ μισθοῦ Pl.Prt. 328b
; (pl.); παρὰ Ἀρτέμωνος.. ἔστω ἡ π. τοῖς δανείσασι let the lenders have an action of recovery against Artemon, Syngr. ap. D.35.12, cf. SIG364.61,67 (Ephesus, iii B.C.), Test.Epict.5.31;ἡ π. ἔστω καθάπερ ἐκ δίκης PEleph.1.12
(iv B.C.), etc.;αἱ π. τῶν καταδικασθέντων Arist.Pol. 1321b42
. -
14 φύω
φύω, Il.6.148, etc.; [dialect] Aeol. [full] φυίω fort. leg. in Alc.97: [tense] impf. ἔφυον, [dialect] Ep.[ per.] 3sg.Aφύεν Il.14.347
: [tense] fut. φύσω [ῡ] 1.235, S.OT 438: [tense] aor.ἔφῡσα Od.10.393
, etc.:—[voice] Pass. and [voice] Med., 9.109, Pi.O.4.28, etc.: [tense] fut. , Hp.Mochl.42, Pl.Lg. 831a, etc.: similar in sense are the intr. tenses, [tense] pf.πέφῡκα Od.7.114
, etc., [dialect] Ep.[ per.] 3pl.πεφύᾱσι Il.4.484
, Od.7.128; [ per.] 3sg. subj. πεφύῃ ([etym.] ἐμ-) Thgn.396; [dialect] Ep. part. fem. πεφυυῖα ([etym.] ἐμ-) Il.1.513, acc. pl.πεφυῶτας Od.5.477
; [dialect] Dor. inf.πεφύκειν Epich.173.3
: [tense] plpf.ἐπεφύκειν X.Cyr.5.1.9
, Pl.Ti. 69e; [dialect] Ep.πεφύκειν Il.4.109
; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3pl. , Op. 149: [tense] aor. 2 ἔφῡν (as if from φῦμι) Od.10.397, etc.: [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg.φῦ Il.6.253
, etc., [ per.] 3pl. ἔφυν (for ἔφῡσαν, which is also [ per.] 3pl. of [tense] aor. 1) Od.5.481, etc.; subj. φύω orφυῶ E.Fr.377.2
, Pl.R. 415c, 597c, Hp.Carn.12; [ per.] 3sg. opt.φύη Theoc.15.94
, ([etym.] συμ-) Sor.2.89; inf. φῦναι, [dialect] Ep.φύμεναι Theoc. 25.39
,φῦν Parm.8.10
; part.φύς Od.18.410
, etc., [dialect] Boeot. fem.φοῦσα Corinn.21
: ἔφυσεν, = ἔφυ, dub. in IG14.2126.5 ([place name] Rome); conversely ἔφυ, = ἔφυσεν, ib.3.1350, Sammelb. 5883 ([place name] Cyrene): later, [tense] fut. , [voice] Pass.φυήσομαι Gp.2.37.1
, Them.Or.21.248c (in Luc. JTr.19 ἀναφύσεσθαι is restored): [tense] aor. 2 [voice] Pass.ἐφύην J.AJ18.1.1
, prob. in BSA28.124 ([place name] Didyma), ([etym.] ἀν-) Thphr.HP4.16.2; inf.φυῆναι Dsc.2.6
, ([etym.] ἀνα-) D.S.1.7; part.φῠείς Hp.Nat.Puer.22
, Trag.Adesp. 529, PTeb.787.30 (ii B. C.), Ev.Luc.8.6: [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Pass.συμ-φυθείς Gal. 7.725
. [Generally [pron. full] ῠ before a vowel, [dialect] Ep., Trag. (A.Th. 535, S.Fr. 910.2), etc., [pron. full] ῡ before a consonant; butφῡει Trag.Adesp.454.2
,φῡεται S.Fr.88.4
, Trag.Adesp. 543 ( = Men.565); ; ἐφῡετο prob. in Ar.Fr. 680, cf. Nic.Al.14, D.P.941, 1013; even in thesi,προσφῡονται Nic.Al. 506
,φῡουσιν D.P.1031
; also in compds.]A trans., in [tense] pres., [tense] fut., and [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Act.:—bring forth, produce, put forth,φύλλα.. ὕλη τηλεθόωσα φύει Il.6.148
; , cf. 1.235, Od.7.119, etc.;ἄμπελον φύει βροτοῖς E.Ba. 651
; so τρίχες.., ἃς πρὶν ἔφυσεν φάρμακον made the hair grow, Od.10.393, cf. A.Th. 535;φ. χεῖρε, πόδε, ὀφθαλμὰ ἀνθρώποις X.Mem.2.3.19
; of a country, ;ὅσα γῆ φύει Pl.R. 621a
, cf. Anaxag.4.2 beget, engender, E.Ph. 869, etc.;Ἄτλας.. θεῶν μιᾶς ἔφυσε Μαῖαν E. Ion3
, cf. Trag.Adesp.454.2; so of God creating man, Antipho 4.1.2, cf. Plu.2.1065c; ὁ φύσας the begetter, father (opp. ὁ φύς the son, v. infr. B.1.2), S.OT 1019, Ar.V. 1472 (lyr.);ὁ φ. πατήρ E.Hel.87
;ὁ φ. χἠ τεκοῦσα Id.Alc. 290
;τὴν τεκοῦσαν ἢ τὸν φύσαντα Lys.10.8
; of both parents,γονεῦσι οἵ σ' ἔφυσαν S.OT 436
;οἱ φύσαντες E.Ph.34
, cf. Fr. 403.2;φ. τε καὶ γεννᾶν Pl.Plt. 274a
;ὦ γάμοι γάμοι, ἐφύσαθ' ἡμᾶς S.OT 1404
; ἥδ' ἡμέρα φύσει σε will bring to light thy birth, ib. 438; .3 of individuals in reference to the growth of parts of themselves, φ. πώγωνα, γλῶσσαν, κέρεα, grow or get a beard, etc., Hdt.8.104, 2.68, 4.29;φ. πτερά Ar. Av. 106
, Pl.Phdr. 251c; ; φ. τρίχας, πόδας καὶ πτερά, etc., Arist.HA 518a33, 554a29, etc.: for the joke in φύειν φράτερας, v. φράτηρ.4 metaph., φρένας φῦσαι get understanding, S.OC 804, El. 1463 (but alsoθεοὶ φύουσιν ἀνθρώποις φρένας Id.Ant. 683
): prov., ἁλιεὺς πληγεὶς νοῦν φύσει 'once bit, twice shy', Sch.Pl.Smp. 222b; ; δόξαν φῦσαι get glory or to form a high opinion of oneself, Hdt.5.91;θεὸς.. αἰτίαν φύει βροτοῖς A.Niob.
in PSI11.1208.15;αὑτῷ πόνους φῦσαι S. Ant. 647
.II in [tense] pres. seemingly intr., put forth shoots,εἰς ἔτος ἄλλο φύοντι Mosch.3.101
;δρύες.. φύοντι Theoc.7.75
, cf. 4.24: so ἀνδρῶν γενεὴ ἡ μὲν φύει ἡ δ' ἀπολήγει one generation is putting forth scions, the other is ceasing to do so, Il.6.149; ἐν στήθεσι φύει (fort. φυίει) grows up, appears, Alc.97;ῥίζα ἄνω φύουσα ἐν χολῇ LXXDe. 29.18
.B [voice] Pass., with intr. tenses of [voice] Act., [tense] aor. 2, [tense] pf. and [tense] plpf., grow, wax, spring up or forth, esp. of the vegetable world,θάμνος ἔφυ ἐλαίης Od.23.190
, cf. 5.481; ;τά γ' ἄσπαρτα φύονται 9.109
, cf. Il.4.483, 14.288, 21.352;φύεται αὐτόματα ῥόδα Hdt.8.138
, cf. 1.193; growing there,Id.
2.56; πεφυκότα δένδρα trees growing there, X.Cyr.4.3.5;τὰ φυόμενα καὶ τὰ γιγνόμενα Pl.Cra. 410d
, cf. Phd. 110d, Plt. 272a; τοῦ κέρα ἐκ κεφαλῆς ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα πεφύκει from his head grew horns sixteen palms long, Il.4.109, cf. Hdt.1.108, 3.133;φύονται πολιαί Pi.O.4.28
; κεφαλαὶ πεφυκυῖαι θριξί grown with hair, D.S.2.50 (s. v.l.); is produced,X.
Vect.1.4: metaph., νόσημα ἐν ὀλιγαρχίᾳ φυόμενον, φυομένη πόλις, Pl.R. 564b, Lg. 757d; ὁ σπέρμα παρασχών, οὗτος τῶν φύντων αἴτιος [κακῶν] of the things produced, D.18.159; also κατὰ πάντων ἐφύετο waxed great by or upon their depression, ib. 19. —In this sense [tense] aor. 2 is rare (v. supr.), exc. in phrases such as ἔν τ' ἄρα οἱ φῦ χειρί (v. ἐμφύω), Od.2.302.2 of persons, to be begotten or born, most freq. in [tense] aor. 2 and [tense] pf.,ὁ λωφήσων οὐ πέφυκέ πω A.Pr. 27
;τίς ἂν εὔξαιτο βροτὸς ὢν ἀσινεῖ δαίμονι φῦναι; Id.Ag. 1342
(anap.); μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον not to be born is best, S.OC 1224 (lyr.); γονῇ πεφυκὼς.. γεραιτέρᾳ ib. 1294; ; φύς τε καὶ τραφείς ib. 396c;μήπω φῦναι μηδὲ γενέσθαι X.Cyr.5.1.7
, cf. Pl.Smp. 197a: construed with gen., πεφμκέναι or φῦναί τινος to be born or descended from any one, , cf. S.OC 1379, etc.;θνατᾶς ἀπὸ ματρὸς ἔφυ Pi.Fr.61
, cf. S.OT 1359 (lyr.), Ant. 562;ἀπ' εὐγενοῦς ῥίζης E.IT 610
; , etc.;φ. ἔκ τινος S.OT 458
, E.Heracl. 325, Pl.R. 415c, etc.;ἐκ χώρας τινός Isoc.4.24
, etc.; οἱ μετ' ἐκείνου φύντες, opp. οἱ ἐξ ἐκείνου γεγονότες, Is.8.30;ἐκ θεῶν γεγονότι.. διὰ βασιλέων πεφυκότι X.Cyr.7.2.24
.II in [tense] pres., become, οὐδεὶς ἐχθρὸς οὔτε φύεται πρὸς χρήμαθ' οἵ τε φύντες .. S.Fr. 88.4;πιστοὺς φύσει φύεσθαι X.Cyr.8.7.13
; the [tense] pf. and [tense] aor. 2 take a [tense] pres. sense, to be so and so by nature, κακός, σοφός πέφυκα ([etym.] - κώς), etc., S.Ph. 558, 1244, etc.;δρᾶν ἔφυν ἀμήχανος Id.Ant.79
; φύντ' ἀρετᾷ born for virtue, i.e. brave and good by nature, Pi.O.10(11).20; so of things, (anap.), cf. Pl.Grg. 479d, etc.;εὐχροώτεροι ὁρῷντο ἢ πεφύκασιν X.Cyr.8.1.41
, cf. Oec.10.2; [τὸ πῦρ] πέφυκε τοιοῦτον Id.Cyr.5.1.10
;τἄλλα ἕκαστος ἡμῶν, ὅπως ἔτυχε, πέφυκεν D.37.56
: with Advs., ἱκανῶς πεφυκότες of good natural ability, Antipho 2.1.1;δυσκόλως πεφ. Isoc.9.6
;οὕτως πεφ. X.HG7.1.7
; alsoοἱ καλῶς πεφυκότες S.El. 989
, cf. Lys.2.20;οἱ βέλτιστα φύντες Pl.R. 431c
: then, simply, to be so and so,φῦναι Ζηνὶ πιστὸν ἄγγελον A.Pr. 969
;θεοῦ μήτηρ ἔφυς Id.Pers. 157
(troch.);γυναῖκε.. ἔφυμεν S.Ant.62
; Ἅιδης ὁ παύσων ἔφυ ib. 575; : c. part.,νικᾶν.. χρῄζων ἔφυν S.Ph. 1052
;πρέπων ἔφυς.. φωνεῖν Id.OT9
, cf. 587;τοῦτο ἴδιον ἔφυμεν ἔχοντες Isoc.4.48
, cf. 11.41, X.Smp.4.54.2 c. inf., to be formed or disposed by nature to do so and so,τὰ δεύτερα πέφυκε κρατεῖν Pi.Fr. 279
; ; , cf. Ant. 688;φύσει μὴ πεφυκότα τοιαῦτα φωνεῖν Id.Ph.79
;πεφύκασι δ' ἅπαντες.. ἁμαρτάνειν Th.3.45
, cf. 2.64, 3.39, 4.61, etc.;πέφυκε.. τρυφὴ.. ἦθος διαφθείρειν Jul.Or.1.15c
.3 with Preps., γυνὴ.. ἐπὶ δακρύοις ἔφυ is by nature prone to tears, E.Med. 928; ἔρως γὰρ ἀργόν, κἀπὶ τοῖς ἀργοῖς ἔφυ is inclined to idleness, Id.Fr. 322; also ;εἴς τι Aeschin.3.132
; most freq.πρός τι, οἱ ἄνθρωποι πρὸς τὸ ἀληθὲς πεφύκασι Arist.Rh. 1355a16
;εὖ πρὸς ἀρετὴν πεφυκότες X. Mem.4.1.2
;πρὸς πόλεμον μᾶλλον.. ἢ πρὸς εἰρήνην Pl.R. 547e
;κάλλιστα φ. πρός τι X.HG7.1.3
, etc.; alsoπρός τινι Id.Ath.2.19
(s. v.l., cf. Plb.9.29.10); alsoεὖ πεφ. κατά τι D.37.55
.4 c. dat., fall to one by nature, be one's natural lot,πᾶσι θνατοῖς ἔφυ μόρος S.El. 860
(lyr.); ;ἐφύετο κοινὸς πᾶσι κίνδυνος D.60.18
, cf. X.Cyr.4.3.19.6 abs., ὡς πέφυκε as is natural, X.Cyn.6.15, al.; ; also expressed personally,τοῖς ἁπλῶς, ὡς πεφυκασι, βαδίζουσι D.45.68
: also freq. in part., τὰ φύσει πεφυκότα the order of nature, Lys.2.29; φύντα, opp. ὁμολογηθέντα, Antipho Soph. 44A i 32 (Vorsokr.5); ἄνθρωπος πεφυκώς man as he is, X.Cyr.1.1.3. (Cf. Skt. bhū- 'to be, become', Lith. búti 'to be', Lat. fui, Eng. be, etc.) -
15 ἀγαθός
ἀγᾰθός [pron. full] [ᾰγ], ή, όν, [dialect] Lacon. [full] ἀγασός Ar.Lys. 1301, Cypr. [full] ἀζαθός GDI57:—A good:I of persons,1 well-born, gentle, opp.κακός, δειλός, οἷά τε τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσι παραδρώωσι χέρηες Od.15.324
, cf. Il.1.275;ἀφνειός τ' ἀ. τε Il.13.664
, cf. Od.18.276;πατρὸς δ' εἴμ' ἀγαθοῖο, θεὰ δέ με γείνατο μήτηρ Il.21.109
, cf. Od.4.611;κακὸς ἐξ ἀ. Thgn.190
, cf. 57 sq.;πραῢς ἀστοῖς, οὐ φθονέων ἀγαθοῖς Pi.P. 3.71
, cf. 2.96, 4.285;τίς ἂν εὔπατρις ὧδε βλάστοι; οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀ. κτλ. S.El. 1082
;οἵ τ' ἀ. πρὸς τῶν ἀγενῶν κατανικῶνται Id.Fr.84
; τοὺς εὐγενεῖς γὰρ κἀγαθοὺς.. φιλεῖ Ἄρης ἐναίρειν ib. 649, cf. E.Alc. 600, al.:ἀγαθοὶ καὶ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν Pl.Phdr. 274a
:—in political sense, aristocrats, esp. in the phrase καλοὶ κἀγαθοί (v. sub καλοκἀγαθός).2 brave, valiant, since courage was attributed to Chiefs and Nobles, Il.1.131, al.;τῷ κ' ἀγαθὸς μὲν ἔπεφν', ἀγαθὸν δέ κεν ἐξενάριξεν 21.280
; cf. Hdt.5.109, etc.3 good, capable, in reference to ability,ἀ. βασιλεύς Il.3.179
;ἰητήρ 2.732
;θεράπων 16.165
, 17.388;πύκτης Xenoph.2.15
;ἰητρός Hp.Prog.1
;προβατογνώμων A.Ag. 795
;ἄρχοντες Democr.266
: freq. with qualifying words,ἀ. ἐν ὑσμίνῃ Il.13.314
;βοὴν ἀ. 2.408
, 563, al.;πύξ Od.11.300
;βίην Il.6.478
; ;πᾶσαν ἀρετήν Pl.Lg. 899b
, cf. Alc.1.124e;τέχνην Id.Prt.323b
; τὰ πολέμια, τὰ πολιτικά, Hdt.9.122, Pl.Grg. 516b, etc.: more rarely c. dat.,ἀ. πολέμῳ X.Oec.4.15
: with Preps.,ἄνδρες ἀ. περὶ τὸ πλῆθος Lys.13.2
;εἴς τι Pl.Alc.1.125a
; : c. inf.,ἀ. μάχεσθαι Hdt.1.136
;ἱππεύεσθαι 1.79
; ἀ. ἱστάναι good at weighing, Pl.Prt. 356b.4 good, in moral sense, first in Thgn.438, cf. Heraclit.104, S.El. 1082, X.Mem.1.7.1, Pl.Ap. 41d, etc.;ψυχῆς ἀγαθῆς πατρὶς ὁ ξύμπας κόσμος Democr.247
: freq. with other Adjs.,ὁ πιστὸς κἀ. S.Tr. 541
; δικαίων κἀ. ib. 1050:—ironical,τὸν ἀ. Κρέοντα Id.Ant.31
.5 ὦ ἀγαθέ, my good friend, as a term of gentle remonstrance, Pl.Prt. 311a, etc.II of things,1 good, serviceable,Ἰθάκη.. ἀ. κουροτρόφος Od.9.27
, etc.;ἀ. τοῖς τοκεῦσι, τῇ πόλει X.Cyn.13.17
: c. gen., εἴ τι οἶδα πυρετοῦ ἀ. good for it, Id.Mem.3.8.3;ἑλκῶν Thphr.HP9.11.1
.2 of outward circumstances,αἰδὼς οὐκ ἀ. κεχρημένῳ ἀνδρὶ παρεῖναι Od.17.347
; to good purpose,Il.
9.102;ὁ δὲ πείσεται εἰς ἀ. περ
for his own good end,11.789
;οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη 2.204
:—ἀγαθόν [ἐστι], c. inf., it is good to do so and so, Il.7.282, 24.130, Od.3.196, etc.4 ἀγαθόν, τό, good, blessing, benefit, of persons or things,ὦ μέγα ἀ. σὺ τοῖς φίλοις X.Cyr.5.3.20
;φίλον, ὃ μέγιστον ἀ. εἶναί φασι Id.Mem.2.4.2
, cf. Ar.Ra.74, etc; as term of endearment for a baby, blessing!, treasure!, Men.Sam.28:— ἀγαθόν τινα δεδρακέναι, πεποιηκέναι confer a benefit on.., Th.3.68, Lys.13.92; ἐπ' ἀγαθῷ τινος for one's good, Th.5.27, X.Cyr.7.4.3;ἐπ' ἀ. τοῖς πολίταις Ar.Ra. 1487
;οὐκ ἐπ' ἀ.
for no good end,Th.
1.131;ἐπ' οὐδενὶ ἀ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος X.HG5.2.35
:—in pl., ἡ ἐπ' ἀγαθοῖς γεναμένη (sic)κατασπορά PFlor.21.10
(iii A.D.):—τὸ ἀ. or τἀ., the good, Epich.171.5, cf. Pl.R. 506b, 508e, Arist.Metaph. 1091a31, etc.:—in pl., ἀγαθά, τά, goods of fortune, treasures, wealth, Hdt.2.172, Lys.13.91, X.Mem.1.2.63, etc.; fare well,Ar.
Av. 1706; also, good things, dainties, Thgn.1000, Ar.Ach. 873, etc.: good qualities,τοῖς ἀ., οἷς ἔχομεν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ Isoc.8.32
, cf. Democr.37; good points, of a horse,εἰ τἄλλα πάντα ἀ. ἔχοι, κακόπους δ' εἴη X.Eq. 1.2
.III [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup. are usu. supplied from other stems, viz. [comp] Comp. ἀμείνων, ἀρείων, βελτίων, κρείσσων (κάρρων), λωΐων ([etym.] λὥων), [dialect] Ep. βέλτερος, λωΐτερος, φέρτερος:—[comp] Sup. ἄριστος, βέλτιστος, κράτιστος, λώϊστος ([etym.] λῷστος), [dialect] Ep.βέλτατος, κάρτιστος, φέρτατος, φέριστος:— later, reg. [comp] Comp.ἀγαθώτερος LXX Jd.11.25
, 15.2, D.S.8Fr.12, Plot. 5.5.9, Diod.Rh.p.53.9H.: [comp] Sup.ἀγαθώτατος D.S.16.85
, Hld.5.15, etc. (- ότατος POxy.1757.26
(ii A.D.)). -
16 ἐνδεχομένως
ἐνδεχομένως, Adv. of foreg.,A = ὅσον ἐνδέχεται, Decr. ap. D.18.165, Plb.1.20.4, al., D.S.20.26, LXX 2 Ma.13.26, etc.; ὡς ἐ. PPetr.2p.53; ἀντέγραψεν ἐ. to the best of his ability, Aristeas 41.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐνδεχομένως
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17 κοῦρος
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18 σθένος
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `strength, power, ability, might' (almost only ep. poet. Il.).Compounds: Very often as 2. member, e.g. ἀ-σθενής `without strength, strengthless' (Pi., IA.) with ἀσθέν-εια, - έω. - ημα, - όω, - ωσις; also - ικός (Arist. a.o.); second. simplex σθενής ἰσχυρός, καρτερός H. Also as 1. member, e.g. σθενο-βλαβής `damaging the strenght' (Opp.; after φρενο-βλαβής); PN as Σθενέ-λαος (after Μενέλαος), short name Σθένελος (Il.).Derivatives: 1. σθεν-αρός `powerful' (ep. poet. I 505, also Hp.); after βριαρός, στιβαρός a. o.; 2. Σθέν-ιος m., - ιάς f. surname of Zeus resp. of Athena in Argolis (Paus.); - εια n. pl. name of a Agon in Argos (Plu.), also f. sg. surn. of Athena (Lyc. 1164; after the womens' names in - εια). 3. Backformation σθέν-ω ( ἐπι- σθένος Q. S.) `to be strong, to be able' (only pres. a. ipf.; trag., also late epic a. prose; cf. Schwyzer 723); 4. also - όω `to strengthen' (1. Ep. Pet. 5, 10; fut.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Can have an ( ε)νος-suffix like ἄφενος, κτῆνος a. o. (Schwyzer 513, Chantraine Form. 420), which DELG doubts; further unclear. Hypothesis by Bolling AmJPh 21, 316: to Skt. saghnóti `endure, bear, be up to', Av. a-zg-ata- `irresistable', so IE * sgʷh-énos. Diff. Sommer Lautst.65ff.: for *σθᾶνος (from *στᾱ-σνος) with - ε- after μένος; phonetically improbable.Page in Frisk: 2,698-699Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σθένος
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19 αἰσθητήριον
αἰσθητήριον, ου, τό (Hippocr. et al.; Herm. Wr. 7, 3; Jer 4:19; 4 Macc 2:22; Philo) lit. ‘organ of sense’; fig. capacity for discernment, faculty, of the ability to make moral decisions (s. PLinde, De Epicuri Vocab., Bresl. Philol. Abh. X/3, 1906, 32) τὰ αἰσθητήρια γεγυμνασμένα ἔχειν πρὸς διάκρισιν καλοῦ τε και κακοῦ have one’s faculties trained to distinguish betw. good and evil Hb 5:14 (cp. Galen, De Dign. Puls. 3, 2 vol. VIII 892 K. αἰσθητήριον ἔχειν γεγυμνασμένον; Iren. 4, 38, 2 [Harv. II 294, 12] appears to have Hb 5:14 in mind).—DELG s.v. 1. ἀί̈ω. TW. -
20 δαιμόνιον
δαιμόνιον, ου, τό (substant. neut. of the adj. δαιμόνιος [s. 2 below δαιμόνιον πνεῦμα], quotable since Homer; OGI 383, 175; Herm. Wr. 10, 19; Ps.-Phoc. 101; En 19:1; TestSol; GrBar 16:3; Philo; Jos., Bell. 1, 373; 6, 429) in Gk. lit. the δαιμον-family refers in general to powerful entities that transcend ordinary experience. After Homer’s time, the adj. δαιμόνιος means anything ‘sent from heaven’ or ‘that which is divine’ and the subst. τὸ δ. comes to mean ‘divine manifestation’ or ‘heaven’, as in our expression ‘what heaven decrees’ (Hdt. 5, 87, 2; cp. SIG 601, 15; Jos., Bell. 1, 69); or simply ‘the divine’ (Eur., Bacch. 894); cp. SIG 545, 14 (of religious piety). In our lit. the subst. gener. denotes a malevolent force.① transcendent incorporeal being w. status between humans and deities, daemon (as distinguished from demon, which in Eng. gener. connotes inimical aspect), semi-divine being, a divinity, spirit, (higher) power, without neg. connotation. The subst. was freq. used by Hellenes in a gener. sense esp. of independent numinous beings or divinities, as distinguished from a more personalized θεός, e.g. nymphs, Panes, and Sileni (Pla., Symp. 23 p. 202e πᾶν τὸ δαιμόνιον μεταξύ ἐστι θεοῦ τε καὶ θνητοῦ=‘every δ. is between a god and a mortal’; cp. Philo, Mos. 1, 276; UPZ 144, 43; 50 [164 B.C.]; Vett. Val. 355, 15; Ps.-Lucian, Asinus 24 p. 592 οὐδὲ τὰ δ. δέδοικας; ‘aren’t you afraid of the spirits [powers]?’ The term is common in adjurations, e.g., δαιμόνιον πνεῦμα, w. ref. to the spirit of the departed as possessing extraordinary powers: lead tablet fr. Hadrumetum [Dssm., B 26, 35 (BS 271ff)]; PGM 4, 3038; 3065; 3075). ξένων δ. καταγγελεύς a preacher of strange divinities Ac 17:18 (cp. Pla., Apol. 26b; X., Mem. 1, 1, 1 καινὰ δαιμόνια εἰσφέρειν).② a hostile transcendent being w. status between humans and deities, spirit, power, hostile divinity, evil spirit, the neg. component may be either specific or contextual, and w. the sense commonly associated w. the loanword ‘demon’ (δ. φαῦλα: Chrysipp. [Stoic. II 338, 32, no. 1178]; Plut., Mor. 1051c. φαῦλ. δ.: Plut., Mor. 277a, Dio 2, 5. Vett. Val. 67, 5; 99, 7. Herm. Wr. 9, 3; PGM 4, 3081; 5, 120; 165; 170; LXX; En 19:1). Beings of this type are said to enter into persons and cause illness, esp. of the mental variety (GrBar 16:3 ἐν μαχαίρᾳ … ἐν δαιμονίοις as punishment; Jos., Bell. 7, 185 [of the spirits of deceased wicked people], Ant. 6, 166ff; 211; 214; 8, 45ff): δ. εἰσέρχεται εἴς τινα Lk 8:30; δ. ἔχειν Mt 11:18; Lk 7:33; 8:27; J 7:20; 8:48f, 52; 10:20. ἔχων πνεῦμα δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου who was under the control of an unclean power Lk 4:33. ῥῖψαν αὐτὸν τὸ δ. vs. 35; cp. ἔρρηξεν 9:42. Hence the healing of a sick person is described as the driving out of malignant forces ἐκβάλλειν (τ.) δ. (Jos., Ant. 6, 211) Mt 7:22; 9:34; 10:8; 12:24, 27f; Mk 1:34, 39; 3:15, 22; 6:13; 7:26; 9:38; 16:9, 17; Lk 9:49; 11:14f, 18ff; 13:32. Pass. Mt 9:33. ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ δ. Lk 9:1. τὰ δʼ ὑποτάσσεται ἡμῖν 10:17. ἐξέρχεται τὸ δ. (s. ἐξέρχομαι 1aβב.—Thrasyllus [I A.D.] in Ps.-Plut., Fluv. 16, 2 ἀπέρχεται τὸ δαιμόνιον) Mt 17:18; Mk 7:29f; Lk 4:41; 8:2, 33, 35, 38. Some live in deserted places 8:29, hence a ruined city is a habitation of (malevolent) powers Rv 18:2 (cp. Is 13:21; 34:11, 14; Bar 4:35). Their ruler is βεελζεβούλ (q.v.) Mt 12:24, 27; Lk 11:15, 18f. Erroneous instruction is διδασκαλίαι δαιμονίων (subj. gen.) 1 Ti 4:1. The ability of such beings to work miracles is variously described J 10:21 and Rv 16:14. They are objects of polytheistic worship 9:20 (Dt 32:17; Bar 4:7; cp. Ps 95:5; 105:37; En 19:1; 99:7; Just., Tat.; SibOr Fgm. 1, 22. Likew. among Persians and Babylonians: Cumont3 305, 97) 1 Cor 10:20f (w. satirical reference to the secondary status of these members of the spirit-world relative to deity); B 16:7. On Js 2:19 s. φρίσσω.—Of the evil spirit of slander Hm 2:3; of vengeance Hs 9, 23, 5; of arrogance Hs 9, 22, 3.—The δ. can appear without a tangible body, and then acts as a phantom or ghost ISm 3:2.—JGeffcken, Zwei griech. Apologeten 1907, 216ff; JTambornino, De Antiquorum Daemonismo 1909; RWünsch, D. Geisterbannung im Altertum: Festschr. Univ. Breslau 1911, 9–32; WBousset, Z. Dämonologie d. späteren Antike: ARW 18, 1915, 134–72; FAndres, Daimon: Pauly-W. Suppl. III 1918, 267–322; MPohlenz, Stoa ’49 (index).—HDuhm, D. bösen Geister im AT 1904; GBarton, EncRelEth IV 1911, 594–601; AJirku, Die Dämonen u. ihre Abwehr im AT 1912; ALods, Marti Festschr. 1925, 181–93; HKaupel, D. Dämonen im AT 1930; Bousset, Rel.3 1926, 331ff; Billerb. IV 1928, 501–35; TCanaan, M.D., Dämonenglaube im Lande der Bibel 1929 1–20.—WAlexander, Demonic Possession in the NT 1902; JSmit, De Daemonicis in Hist. Evang. 1913; RBultmann, Gesch. d. Syn. Tradition2 ’31, 223ff; HEberlein, NKZ 42, ’31, 499–509; 562–72; FFenner, D. Krankheit im NT 1930; ATitius, NBonwetsch Festschr. 1918, 25–47; GSulzer, D. Besessenheitsheilungen Jesu 1921; HSeng, D. Heilungen Jesu in med. Beleuchtung2 1926; WWrede, Z. Messiaserkenntnis d. Dämonen bei Mk: ZNW 5, 1904, 169–77; OBauernfeind, D. Worte d. Dämonen im Mk-Ev. 1928; AFridrichsen, Theology 21, ’31, 122–35; SMcCasland, By the Finger of God ’51; SEitrem, Some Notes on the Demonology in the NT: SymbOsl, Suppl. 12, ’50, 1–60; JKallas, The Satanward View (Paul), ’66; GTillesse, Le Secret Messianique dans Mk, ’68, 75–111; RAC IX 546–797; RMacMullen, VigChr 37, ’83, 174–92; G. Francois, Le polythéisme et l’emploi au singulier des mots ΘΕΟΣ ΔΑΙΜΩΝ ’57 (lit.); GRiley, Demon: DDD 445–55. S. also the lit. s.v. ἄγγελος.—B. 1488. DELG s.v. δαίμων. M-M. TW.
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-ability — [əbılıti] suffix also ibility [: Old French; Origin: abilité, from Latin abilitas, from abilis; ABLE] makes nouns from adjectives ending in ↑ able and ↑ ible ▪ manageability ▪ suitability … Dictionary of contemporary English
-ability — [ ə bıləti ] suffix used with adjectives ending in able to make nouns meaning a particular quality: suitability dependability … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ability — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. ableté expert at handling (something), from L. habilitatem (nom. habilitas) aptitude, noun of quality from habilis easy to manage, handy (see ABLE (Cf. able)). One case where a Latin silent h failed to make a return in… … Etymology dictionary