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|Full diacritics=εὐφῠΐα
|Medium diacritics=εὐφυΐα
|Low diacritics=ευφυΐα
|Capitals=ΕΥΦΥΪΑ
|Transliteration A=euphyḯa
|Transliteration B=euphuia
|Transliteration C=effyia
|Beta Code=eu)fui/+a
|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">natural goodness of growth</b> or <b class="b2">shape, shapeliness</b>, δακτύλων <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Off.</span>4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Art.</span>82</span>; εὐ. καὶ ὥρα <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Sol.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν ζῴων εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Abst.</span>3.24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">good natural parts</b>, and morally, <b class="b2">goodness of disposition</b>, freq. in both senses at once, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1114b12</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1362b24</span>, etc.; defined as <b class="b3">τάχος μαθήσεως</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Def.</span>413d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of places, <b class="b2">fertility, favourable situation</b>, etc., εὐ. πρός τι <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">CP</span>1.2.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν τόπων εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.2.68.5</span>.—<b class="b3">εὐφύεια</b> is cited from <span class="bibl">Alex.317</span>, and is found in Pap., as Anon. <span class="title">in Tht.</span>4.43,al.</span>
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|btext=ας (ἡ) :<br /><b>1</b> heureuse croissance ; bonne nature, bonne qualité;<br /><b>2</b> <i>au mor.</i> bon naturel, heureuses dispositions, talent.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[εὐφυής]].
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|mltxt=η (ΑΜ [[εὐφυΐα]]) [[ευφυής]]<br />(για τη διανοητική [[κατάσταση]]) [[οξύνοια]], [[εξυπνάδα]], [[νοημοσύνη]]<br /><b>αρχ.</b><br /><b>1.</b> καλή [[φυσική]] [[ανάπτυξη]], καλή [[διαμόρφωση]] («[[φιλία]] τὸ πρῶτον ἦν αὐτοῑς πολλὴ μὲν διὰ τὴν εὐφυΐαν καὶ ὥραν», <b>Πλούτ.</b>)<br /><b>2.</b> (για τη διανοητική και την [[ηθική]] [[κατάσταση]] [[μαζί]]) η [[εξυπνάδα]] και η καλή [[διάθεση]] («[[εὐφυΐα]] [[τάχος]] μαθήσεως, [[γέννησις]] φύσεως ἀγαθή<br />[[ἀρετὴ]] ἐν φύσει», <b>Πλάτ.</b>)<br /><b>3.</b> (για [[τόπο]]) α) [[ευφορία]], [[γονιμότητα]]<br />β) [[καταλληλότητα]], στρατηγική [[θέση]] («ἡ τῶν τόπων [[εὐφυΐα]]», <b>Πολ.</b>).
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