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ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
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[[beginning]], [[origin]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀρχή]], ἡ, [[ῥίζα]], ἡ, [[πηγή]], ἡ. | [[beginning]], [[origin]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀρχή]], ἡ, [[ῥίζα]], ἡ, [[πηγή]], ἡ. | ||
[[be in one's element]], [[enjoy | [[be in one's element]], [[enjoy oneself]] v.: [[prose|P.]] [[εὐπαθεῖν]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὐφραίνεσθαι]]. | ||
[[the Elements]], subs.: [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ γένη]]. | [[the Elements]], subs.: [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ γένη]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 30 August 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
beginning, origin: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, ῥίζα, ἡ, πηγή, ἡ.
be in one's element, enjoy oneself v.: P. εὐπαθεῖν, P. and V. εὐφραίνεσθαι.
the Elements, subs.: P. τὰ γένη.
the primed elements: P. τὰ πρῶτα (Plato, Theaetetus 205C).
the Elements personified: use P. and V. οἱ θεοί (the gods).
there being four elements of which the body is compacted, earth, air, fire, and water: P. τεσσάρων ὄντων γενῶν ἐξ ὧν συμπέπηγε τὸ σῶμα, γῆς, πυρὸς, ὕδατός τε καὶ ἀέρος (Plato, Timaeus 81E).
I show that of the two elements appointed for the use of man, namely, sea and land, of the one you are complele masters: P. ἐγὼ ἀποφαίνω δύο μερῶν εἰς χρῆσιν φανερῶν, γῆς καὶ θαλάσσης, τοῦ ἑτέρου ὑμᾶς παντὸς κυριωτάτους ὄντας (Thuc., 2, 62).
