μόρφωσις
ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A shaping, bringing into shape, σχηματισμὸς καὶ μ. τῶν δένδρων Thphr.CP3.7.4, cf. Gal.4.640, Ptol.Tetr.27, Heph. Astr.1.3. II form, semblance, Ep.Rom.2.20, 2 Ep.Ti.3.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 209] ἡ, das Gestalten, Abbilden, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μόρφωσις: ἡ, ἡ μορφὴ ἣν λαμβάνει τι, σχηματισμός, τῶν δένδρων Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 3. 7, 4. ΙΙ. τὸ ἐξωτερικόν, τὸ φαινόμενον, ἔχοντα τὴν μόρφωσιν τῆς γνώσεως καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐν τῷ νόμῳ, τὸν τύπον τῆς γνώσεως..., Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Ρωμ. β΄, 20, Β΄ πρ Τιμ. γ΄, 5.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
1 action de donner une forme;
2 forme, figure, extérieur.
Étymologie: μορφόω.
English (Strong)
from μορφόω; formation, i.e. (by implication), appearance (semblance or (concretely) formula): form.
English (Thayer)
μορφωσεως, ἡ (μορφόω);
1. a forming, shaping: τῶν δένδρων, Theophrastus,
c. pl. 3,7, 4.
2. form; i. e.
a. the mere form, semblance: εὐσεβείας, the form befitting the thing or truly expressing the fact, the very form: τῆς γνώσεως καί τῆς ἀληθείας, Romans 2:20.
Greek Monotonic
μόρφωσις: ἡ, μορφή, όψη, σε Καινή Διαθήκη
