εὐφυΐα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[natural goodness of growth]] or [[shape]], [[shapeliness]], 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> [[good natural parts]], and morally, [[goodness of disposition]], 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, [[fertility]], [[favourable situation]], 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>.—[[εὐφύεια]] 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>