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|Definition=Ion. <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> -ιη <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.92</span>, <span class="bibl">6.86</span>.ά, <span class="title">SIG</span>167.26 (Mylasa, iv B. C.); Dor. ἐσσία, ὠσία (qq. v.): ἡ: (<b class="b3">ὀντ-</b>, part. of <b class="b3">εἰμί</b> <b class="b2">sum</b>):—<b class="b2">that which is one's own, one's substance, property</b>, Hdt. ll.cc., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>911</span> (s. v. l.), <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">HF</span>337</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>1253</span> (pl., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>354</span> (s. v. l.)), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>729</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.18.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 551b</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>l.c., etc.; opp. <b class="b3">τὰ σώματα</b> (civil status), <span class="bibl">And.1.74</span>; καλῶς . . ἐπεμελήθη τῶν οὐσιῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ δημάρχου <span class="title">BSA</span>24.154 (Attica, iv B.C.); <b class="b3">εἰ ἐκεκτήμην οὐ</b>. if I had been a man of <b class="b2">substance</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys.24.11</span>; ὑπὲρ τὴν οὐ. δαπανᾶν <span class="bibl">Diph.32.7</span>; πατρῴαν οὐ. κατεσθίειν <span class="bibl">Anaxipp.1.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Critias 45</span> D.; <b class="b3">φανερὰ οὐσία</b> real <b class="b2">property, immovables</b>, <span class="bibl">And.1.118</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀφανής</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys.32.4</span>; freq. of <b class="b2">estates</b> in Egypt, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>6.23</span> (ii B. C., pl.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>650.3</span> (i A. D.), <span class="title">OGI</span>665.30 (i A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> in Philos., like Ion. <b class="b3">φύσις</b> (with which it is interchanged in various uses, e. g. <span class="bibl">Philol. 11</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>359a</span>, <span class="bibl">359b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>646a25</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.1.1</span>), <b class="b2">stable being, immutable reality</b>, opp. γένεσις, ὅτιπερ πρὸς γένεσιν οὐσία, τοῦτο πρὸς πίστιν ἀλήθεια <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>29c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>232c</span>; ὧν κίνησις γένεσιν παραλαβοῦσα ἀέναον οὐ. ἐπόρισεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>966e</span>; γένεσις μὲν τὸ σπέρμα, οὐ. δὲ τὸ τέλος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>641b32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">640a18</span>, etc.; ὁδὸς εἰς οὐσίαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1003b7</span>: hence, <b class="b2">being</b> in the abstract, opp. non-being (τὸ μὴ εἶναι), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>185c</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">substance, essence</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πάθη</b> ('modes'), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>11a</span>; πάθη οὐσίας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1003b7</span>; opp. <b class="b3">συμβεβηκότα</b> ('accidents'), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>83a24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>643a27</span>; ἡ φύσις [τῆς ψυχῆς] καὶ ἡ οὐ., εἶθ' ὅσα συμβέβηκε περὶ αὐτήν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">de An.</span>402a8</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">true nature</b> of that which is a member of a kind, defined as ὃ τυγχάνει ἕκαστον ὄν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>65d</span>; as <b class="b3">τὸ ὅ ἐστι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">92d</span>; as τὸ τί ἐστι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span> 90b30</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ εἶναί τε καὶ τὴν οὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>509b</span>; expressed in a formula or definition, ψυχῆς οὐ. τε καὶ λόγον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>245e</span>; τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι οὗ ὁ λόγος ὁρισμός, καὶ τοῦτο οὐ. λέγεται <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1017b22</span>; <b class="b3">μόνης τῆς οὐ. ἐστὶν ὁ ὁρισμός</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1031a1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> the possession of such a nature, <b class="b2">substantiality</b>, ἔτι ἐπέκεινα τῆς οὐ. πρεσβείᾳ . . ὑπερέχοντος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 509b</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> in the concrete, <b class="b2">the primary real</b>, the <b class="b2">substratum</b> underlying all change and process in nature, applied by Arist. to the atoms of Democritus, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>208</span>; to τὰ ἁπλᾶ σώματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>298a29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1017b10</span>; πᾶσαι αἱ φυσικαὶ οὐ. ἢ σώματα ἢ μετὰ σωμάτων γίγνονται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>298b3</span>, al.; ταὐτὸν σῶμα καὶ οὐσίαν ὁριζόμενοι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Sph.</span>246a</span>; but also, <b class="b3">νοητὰ ἄττα καὶ ἀσώματα εἴδη . . τὴν ἀληθινὴν οὐ</b>. ib.b. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">6</span> in Logic, <b class="b2">substance</b> as the leading category, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Cat.</span>1b26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1045b29</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ πρῶται οὐ</b>. (individuals), <b class="b3">αἱ δεύτεραι οὐ</b>. (species and genera), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.</span>2b5</span>, <span class="bibl">2a15</span> (but ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ὁ ἵππος . . οὐκ ἔστιν οὐ. ἀλλὰ σύνολόν τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1035b29</span>, cf. [[σύνθετος]] or <b class="b3">συνθέτη οὐ</b>. ib. <span class="bibl">1043a30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">de An.</span>412a16</span>); ἡ μὲν ψυχὴ οὐ. ἡ πρώτη, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ὕλη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1037a5</span>; ἡ ψυχὴ οὐ. ὡς εἶδος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">de An.</span>412a19</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ οὐ. ἐντελέχεια</b> ib.<span class="bibl">21</span>; [ψυχὴ] οὐ. τοῦ ἐμψύχου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1035b15</span>; of the abstract objects of mathematics, μονὰς οὐ. ἄθετος, στιγμὴ δὲ οὐ. θετός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>87a36</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">7</span> after Pl. and Arist. in various uses, as <b class="b3">ἡ ἄποιος οὐ</b>., = [[ἡ ὕλη]], Zeno Stoic.1.24; <b class="b3">κατὰ οὐσίαν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ δύναμιν ἢ ἐνέργειαν</b>, Polystr.p.12 W.; <b class="b3">πᾶς νοῦς ἀμέριστός ἐστιν οὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Inst.</span>171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plot.2.4.5</span>, <span class="bibl">2.6.1</span>, <span class="bibl">4.7.8</span>, <span class="bibl">6.1.2</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">8</span> Pythag. name for I, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>6. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> name of a plaster, <span class="bibl">Aët.15.15</span>,45. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">αἱ οὐ</b>. <b class="b2">fireresisting substances</b>, Zos.Alch.p.168 B.; of the four <b class="b3">σώματα</b> (copper, tin, lead, iron), Ps.-Democr. ap. eund.<span class="bibl">p.167</span> B. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">V</span> in Magic, <b class="b2">a material thing by which a connexion is established between the person to be acted upon and the supernatural agent</b>, e.g. a hair, λαβὼν βελόνην διείρων τὴν οὐ. εἰς αὐτήν <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.2949, cf. <span class="title">PMag.Osl.</span> 1.73; mould from a tomb, <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.435; <b class="b3">κυνοκεφάλου οὐ., . . κυνὸς οὐ</b>., = [[κόπρος]] (cf. 2460), ib.2687, etc.</span> | |Definition=Ion. <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> -ιη <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.92</span>, <span class="bibl">6.86</span>.ά, <span class="title">SIG</span>167.26 (Mylasa, iv B. C.); Dor. ἐσσία, ὠσία (qq. v.): ἡ: (<b class="b3">ὀντ-</b>, part. of <b class="b3">εἰμί</b> <b class="b2">sum</b>):—<b class="b2">that which is one's own, one's substance, property</b>, Hdt. ll.cc., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>911</span> (s. v. l.), <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">HF</span>337</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>1253</span> (pl., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>354</span> (s. v. l.)), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>729</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.18.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 551b</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>l.c., etc.; opp. <b class="b3">τὰ σώματα</b> (civil status), <span class="bibl">And.1.74</span>; καλῶς . . ἐπεμελήθη τῶν οὐσιῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ δημάρχου <span class="title">BSA</span>24.154 (Attica, iv B.C.); <b class="b3">εἰ ἐκεκτήμην οὐ</b>. if I had been a man of <b class="b2">substance</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys.24.11</span>; ὑπὲρ τὴν οὐ. δαπανᾶν <span class="bibl">Diph.32.7</span>; πατρῴαν οὐ. κατεσθίειν <span class="bibl">Anaxipp.1.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Critias 45</span> D.; <b class="b3">φανερὰ οὐσία</b> real <b class="b2">property, immovables</b>, <span class="bibl">And.1.118</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀφανής</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys.32.4</span>; freq. of <b class="b2">estates</b> in Egypt, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>6.23</span> (ii B. C., pl.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>650.3</span> (i A. D.), <span class="title">OGI</span>665.30 (i A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> in Philos., like Ion. <b class="b3">φύσις</b> (with which it is interchanged in various uses, e. g. <span class="bibl">Philol. 11</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>359a</span>, <span class="bibl">359b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>646a25</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.1.1</span>), <b class="b2">stable being, immutable reality</b>, opp. γένεσις, ὅτιπερ πρὸς γένεσιν οὐσία, τοῦτο πρὸς πίστιν ἀλήθεια <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>29c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>232c</span>; ὧν κίνησις γένεσιν παραλαβοῦσα ἀέναον οὐ. ἐπόρισεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>966e</span>; γένεσις μὲν τὸ σπέρμα, οὐ. δὲ τὸ τέλος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>641b32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">640a18</span>, etc.; ὁδὸς εἰς οὐσίαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1003b7</span>: hence, <b class="b2">being</b> in the abstract, opp. non-being (τὸ μὴ εἶναι), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>185c</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">substance, essence</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πάθη</b> ('modes'), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>11a</span>; πάθη οὐσίας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1003b7</span>; opp. <b class="b3">συμβεβηκότα</b> ('accidents'), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>83a24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>643a27</span>; ἡ φύσις [τῆς ψυχῆς] καὶ ἡ οὐ., εἶθ' ὅσα συμβέβηκε περὶ αὐτήν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">de An.</span>402a8</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">true nature</b> of that which is a member of a kind, defined as ὃ τυγχάνει ἕκαστον ὄν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>65d</span>; as <b class="b3">τὸ ὅ ἐστι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">92d</span>; as τὸ τί ἐστι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span> 90b30</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ εἶναί τε καὶ τὴν οὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>509b</span>; expressed in a formula or definition, ψυχῆς οὐ. τε καὶ λόγον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>245e</span>; τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι οὗ ὁ λόγος ὁρισμός, καὶ τοῦτο οὐ. λέγεται <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1017b22</span>; <b class="b3">μόνης τῆς οὐ. ἐστὶν ὁ ὁρισμός</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1031a1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> the possession of such a nature, <b class="b2">substantiality</b>, ἔτι ἐπέκεινα τῆς οὐ. πρεσβείᾳ . . ὑπερέχοντος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 509b</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> in the concrete, <b class="b2">the primary real</b>, the <b class="b2">substratum</b> underlying all change and process in nature, applied by Arist. to the atoms of Democritus, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>208</span>; to τὰ ἁπλᾶ σώματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>298a29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1017b10</span>; πᾶσαι αἱ φυσικαὶ οὐ. ἢ σώματα ἢ μετὰ σωμάτων γίγνονται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>298b3</span>, al.; ταὐτὸν σῶμα καὶ οὐσίαν ὁριζόμενοι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Sph.</span>246a</span>; but also, <b class="b3">νοητὰ ἄττα καὶ ἀσώματα εἴδη . . τὴν ἀληθινὴν οὐ</b>. ib.b. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">6</span> in Logic, <b class="b2">substance</b> as the leading category, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Cat.</span>1b26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1045b29</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ πρῶται οὐ</b>. (individuals), <b class="b3">αἱ δεύτεραι οὐ</b>. (species and genera), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.</span>2b5</span>, <span class="bibl">2a15</span> (but ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ὁ ἵππος . . οὐκ ἔστιν οὐ. ἀλλὰ σύνολόν τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1035b29</span>, cf. [[σύνθετος]] or <b class="b3">συνθέτη οὐ</b>. ib. <span class="bibl">1043a30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">de An.</span>412a16</span>); ἡ μὲν ψυχὴ οὐ. ἡ πρώτη, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ὕλη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1037a5</span>; ἡ ψυχὴ οὐ. ὡς εἶδος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">de An.</span>412a19</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ οὐ. ἐντελέχεια</b> ib.<span class="bibl">21</span>; [ψυχὴ] οὐ. τοῦ ἐμψύχου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1035b15</span>; of the abstract objects of mathematics, μονὰς οὐ. ἄθετος, στιγμὴ δὲ οὐ. θετός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>87a36</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">7</span> after Pl. and Arist. in various uses, as <b class="b3">ἡ ἄποιος οὐ</b>., = [[ἡ ὕλη]], Zeno Stoic.1.24; <b class="b3">κατὰ οὐσίαν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ δύναμιν ἢ ἐνέργειαν</b>, Polystr.p.12 W.; <b class="b3">πᾶς νοῦς ἀμέριστός ἐστιν οὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Inst.</span>171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plot.2.4.5</span>, <span class="bibl">2.6.1</span>, <span class="bibl">4.7.8</span>, <span class="bibl">6.1.2</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">8</span> Pythag. name for I, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>6. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> name of a plaster, <span class="bibl">Aët.15.15</span>,45. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">αἱ οὐ</b>. <b class="b2">fireresisting substances</b>, Zos.Alch.p.168 B.; of the four <b class="b3">σώματα</b> (copper, tin, lead, iron), Ps.-Democr. ap. eund.<span class="bibl">p.167</span> B. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">V</span> in Magic, <b class="b2">a material thing by which a connexion is established between the person to be acted upon and the supernatural agent</b>, e.g. a hair, λαβὼν βελόνην διείρων τὴν οὐ. εἰς αὐτήν <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.2949, cf. <span class="title">PMag.Osl.</span> 1.73; mould from a tomb, <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.435; <b class="b3">κυνοκεφάλου οὐ., . . κυνὸς οὐ</b>., = [[κόπρος]] (cf. 2460), ib.2687, etc.</span> | ||
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0420.png Seite 420]] ἡ (οὖσα, εἶμί), das Seiende; – 1) das <b class="b2">Vermögen</b>, Eigenthum; Her. 1, 92; ἡ [[οὐσία]] δημεύεται, Lys. 18, 17 u. öfter bei Rednern; οὐσίας δι' ἀμελείας ἀπολλυμένης, Plat. Phaedr. 252 a; οὐσίᾳ καὶ γένει οὐδενὸς [[ὕστερος]] ὢν τῶν [[ἐκεῖ]], Tim. 20 a; οὐσίαν [[μάλα]] πολλὴν κατέλιπεν, Theaet. 144 c, u. öfter, wie Folgde; τὰς ἄπαιδας ἐς τὸ λοιπὸν οὐσίας, Soph. Tr. 907, das Hauswesen ohne Kinder. – 2) das Wesen, das wahrhafte Sein, auch die Wirklichkeit, nach Arist. de anim. 2, 1 [[πᾶν]] [[σῶμα]] φυσικὸν μετέχον ζωῆς; so oft Plat., ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὀνομάτων τούτων ὑπόκειταί τις [[ἴδιος]] [[οὐσία]] Prot. 349 b, ἡ [[οὐσία]] ἔχουσα τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν τὴν τοῦ ὃ ἔστιν Phaed. 92 d, ψυχῆς οὐσίαν τε καὶ λόγον, Wesen u. Begriff, Phaedr. 245 e; dem μὴ εἶναι entgegengesetzt, Theaet. 185 c; mit [[ἀλήθεια]] vrbdn, Rep. VII, 525 c; Arist. u. Folgde. | |||
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A -ιη Hdt.1.92, 6.86.ά, SIG167.26 (Mylasa, iv B. C.); Dor. ἐσσία, ὠσία (qq. v.): ἡ: (ὀντ-, part. of εἰμί sum):—that which is one's own, one's substance, property, Hdt. ll.cc., S.Tr.911 (s. v. l.), E. HF337, Hel.1253 (pl., Fr.354 (s. v. l.)), Ar.Ec.729, Lys.18.17, Pl.R. 551b, SIGl.c., etc.; opp. τὰ σώματα (civil status), And.1.74; καλῶς . . ἐπεμελήθη τῶν οὐσιῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ δημάρχου BSA24.154 (Attica, iv B.C.); εἰ ἐκεκτήμην οὐ. if I had been a man of substance, Lys.24.11; ὑπὲρ τὴν οὐ. δαπανᾶν Diph.32.7; πατρῴαν οὐ. κατεσθίειν Anaxipp.1.32, cf. Critias 45 D.; φανερὰ οὐσία real property, immovables, And.1.118; opp. ἀφανής, Lys.32.4; freq. of estates in Egypt, PTeb.6.23 (ii B. C., pl.), BGU650.3 (i A. D.), OGI665.30 (i A. D.), etc. II in Philos., like Ion. φύσις (with which it is interchanged in various uses, e. g. Philol. 11, Pl.R.359a, 359b, Arist.PA646a25, Thphr.HP6.1.1), stable being, immutable reality, opp. γένεσις, ὅτιπερ πρὸς γένεσιν οὐσία, τοῦτο πρὸς πίστιν ἀλήθεια Pl.Ti.29c, cf. Sph.232c; ὧν κίνησις γένεσιν παραλαβοῦσα ἀέναον οὐ. ἐπόρισεν Id.Lg.966e; γένεσις μὲν τὸ σπέρμα, οὐ. δὲ τὸ τέλος Arist.PA641b32, cf. 640a18, etc.; ὁδὸς εἰς οὐσίαν Id.Metaph.1003b7: hence, being in the abstract, opp. non-being (τὸ μὴ εἶναι), Pl.Tht.185c. 2 substance, essence, opp. πάθη ('modes'), Id.Euthphr.11a; πάθη οὐσίας Arist.Metaph.1003b7; opp. συμβεβηκότα ('accidents'), Id.APo.83a24, PA643a27; ἡ φύσις [τῆς ψυχῆς] καὶ ἡ οὐ., εἶθ' ὅσα συμβέβηκε περὶ αὐτήν Id.de An.402a8. 3 true nature of that which is a member of a kind, defined as ὃ τυγχάνει ἕκαστον ὄν Pl.Phd.65d; as τὸ ὅ ἐστι ib.92d; as τὸ τί ἐστι Arist.APo. 90b30; τὸ εἶναί τε καὶ τὴν οὐ. Pl.R.509b; expressed in a formula or definition, ψυχῆς οὐ. τε καὶ λόγον Id.Phdr.245e; τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι οὗ ὁ λόγος ὁρισμός, καὶ τοῦτο οὐ. λέγεται Arist.Metaph.1017b22; μόνης τῆς οὐ. ἐστὶν ὁ ὁρισμός ib. 1031a1. 4 the possession of such a nature, substantiality, ἔτι ἐπέκεινα τῆς οὐ. πρεσβείᾳ . . ὑπερέχοντος Pl.R. 509b. 5 in the concrete, the primary real, the substratum underlying all change and process in nature, applied by Arist. to the atoms of Democritus, Fr.208; to τὰ ἁπλᾶ σώματα Id.Cael.298a29, cf. Metaph. 1017b10; πᾶσαι αἱ φυσικαὶ οὐ. ἢ σώματα ἢ μετὰ σωμάτων γίγνονται Id.Cael.298b3, al.; ταὐτὸν σῶμα καὶ οὐσίαν ὁριζόμενοι Pl. Sph.246a; but also, νοητὰ ἄττα καὶ ἀσώματα εἴδη . . τὴν ἀληθινὴν οὐ. ib.b. 6 in Logic, substance as the leading category, Arist. Cat.1b26, Metaph.1045b29; αἱ πρῶται οὐ. (individuals), αἱ δεύτεραι οὐ. (species and genera), Id.Cat.2b5, 2a15 (but ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ὁ ἵππος . . οὐκ ἔστιν οὐ. ἀλλὰ σύνολόν τι Id.Metaph.1035b29, cf. σύνθετος or συνθέτη οὐ. ib. 1043a30, de An.412a16); ἡ μὲν ψυχὴ οὐ. ἡ πρώτη, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ὕλη Id.Metaph.1037a5; ἡ ψυχὴ οὐ. ὡς εἶδος Id.de An.412a19; ἡ οὐ. ἐντελέχεια ib.21; [ψυχὴ] οὐ. τοῦ ἐμψύχου Id.Metaph.1035b15; of the abstract objects of mathematics, μονὰς οὐ. ἄθετος, στιγμὴ δὲ οὐ. θετός Id.APo.87a36. 7 after Pl. and Arist. in various uses, as ἡ ἄποιος οὐ., = ἡ ὕλη, Zeno Stoic.1.24; κατὰ οὐσίαν, opp. κατὰ δύναμιν ἢ ἐνέργειαν, Polystr.p.12 W.; πᾶς νοῦς ἀμέριστός ἐστιν οὐ. Procl.Inst.171, cf. Plot.2.4.5, 2.6.1, 4.7.8, 6.1.2, al. 8 Pythag. name for I, Theol.Ar.6. III name of a plaster, Aët.15.15,45. IV αἱ οὐ. fireresisting substances, Zos.Alch.p.168 B.; of the four σώματα (copper, tin, lead, iron), Ps.-Democr. ap. eund.p.167 B. V in Magic, a material thing by which a connexion is established between the person to be acted upon and the supernatural agent, e.g. a hair, λαβὼν βελόνην διείρων τὴν οὐ. εἰς αὐτήν PMag.Par.1.2949, cf. PMag.Osl. 1.73; mould from a tomb, PMag.Par.1.435; κυνοκεφάλου οὐ., . . κυνὸς οὐ., = κόπρος (cf. 2460), ib.2687, etc.
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[Seite 420] ἡ (οὖσα, εἶμί), das Seiende; – 1) das Vermögen, Eigenthum; Her. 1, 92; ἡ οὐσία δημεύεται, Lys. 18, 17 u. öfter bei Rednern; οὐσίας δι' ἀμελείας ἀπολλυμένης, Plat. Phaedr. 252 a; οὐσίᾳ καὶ γένει οὐδενὸς ὕστερος ὢν τῶν ἐκεῖ, Tim. 20 a; οὐσίαν μάλα πολλὴν κατέλιπεν, Theaet. 144 c, u. öfter, wie Folgde; τὰς ἄπαιδας ἐς τὸ λοιπὸν οὐσίας, Soph. Tr. 907, das Hauswesen ohne Kinder. – 2) das Wesen, das wahrhafte Sein, auch die Wirklichkeit, nach Arist. de anim. 2, 1 πᾶν σῶμα φυσικὸν μετέχον ζωῆς; so oft Plat., ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὀνομάτων τούτων ὑπόκειταί τις ἴδιος οὐσία Prot. 349 b, ἡ οὐσία ἔχουσα τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν τὴν τοῦ ὃ ἔστιν Phaed. 92 d, ψυχῆς οὐσίαν τε καὶ λόγον, Wesen u. Begriff, Phaedr. 245 e; dem μὴ εἶναι entgegengesetzt, Theaet. 185 c; mit ἀλήθεια vrbdn, Rep. VII, 525 c; Arist. u. Folgde.
