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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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|Transliteration C=ti in einai
|Transliteration C=ti in einai
|Beta Code=ti/ h)=n ei)=nai
|Beta Code=ti/ h)=n ei)=nai
|Definition=τό, as a Subst., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span>[[the thing-in-itself]], [[the essence]], [[the essence of what it is]], [[the being of what it is]], [[essentia]], [[the what it was to be]] (v. [[εἰμί]] - [[sum]]) F.</span>
|Definition=τό, as a Subst., [[the thing-in-itself]], [[the essence]], [[the essence of what it is]], [[the being of what it is]], [[essentia]], [[quiddity]], [[the what it was to be]] (v. [[εἰμί]] - [[sum]]) F.
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|mltxt=(τί ἦν [[εἶναι]], τὸ) Α<br />[[αριστοτελικός]] όρος ο [[οποίος]] χρησιμοποιήθηκε για τη [[δήλωση]] της φράσης [[ὄντως]] ὄν</i>, της πραγματικής υπόστασης, της ουσίας ενός πράγματος.
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==Wikipedia EN==
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The concept originates rigorously with Aristotle (although it can also be found in Plato), who used the Greek expression to ti ên einai ([[τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι]], literally meaning "[[the what it was to be]]" and corresponding to the scholastic term [[quiddity]]) or sometimes the shorter phrase to ti esti ([[τὸ τί ἐστι]], literally meaning "[[the what it is]]" and corresponding to the scholastic term [[haecceity]]) for the same idea. This phrase presented such difficulties for its Latin translators that they coined the word [[essentia]] (English "[[essence]]") to represent the whole expression. For Aristotle and his scholastic followers, the notion of essence is closely linked to that of definition ([[ὁρισμός]]). Source:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essence Essence]
|wketx=The concept originates rigorously with Aristotle (although it can also be found in Plato), who used the Greek expression to ti ên einai ([[τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι]], literally meaning "[[the what it was to be]]" and corresponding to the scholastic term [[quiddity]]) or sometimes the shorter phrase to ti esti ([[τὸ τί ἐστι]], literally meaning "[[the what it is]]" and corresponding to the scholastic term [[haecceity]]) for the same idea. This phrase presented such difficulties for its Latin translators that they coined the word [[essentia]] (English "[[essence]]") to represent the whole expression. For Aristotle and his scholastic followers, the notion of essence is closely linked to that of definition ([[ὁρισμός]]). Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essence Essence]; see also [https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=984289.0 Translatum forum]
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Transliteration A: tí ē̂n eînai Transliteration B: ti ēn einai Transliteration C: ti in einai Beta Code: ti/ h)=n ei)=nai

English (LSJ)

τό, as a Subst., the thing-in-itself, the essence, the essence of what it is, the being of what it is, essentia, quiddity, the what it was to be (v. εἰμί - sum) F.

Greek Monolingual

(τί ἦν εἶναι, τὸ) Α
αριστοτελικός όρος ο οποίος χρησιμοποιήθηκε για τη δήλωση της φράσης ὄντως ὄν, της πραγματικής υπόστασης, της ουσίας ενός πράγματος.

Wikipedia EN

The concept originates rigorously with Aristotle (although it can also be found in Plato), who used the Greek expression to ti ên einai (τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι, literally meaning "the what it was to be" and corresponding to the scholastic term quiddity) or sometimes the shorter phrase to ti esti (τὸ τί ἐστι, literally meaning "the what it is" and corresponding to the scholastic term haecceity) for the same idea. This phrase presented such difficulties for its Latin translators that they coined the word essentia (English "essence") to represent the whole expression. For Aristotle and his scholastic followers, the notion of essence is closely linked to that of definition (ὁρισμός). Source: Essence; see also Translatum forum