instinct

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

Use P. and V. φύσις, ἡ.

by the power of instinct, with a minimum of training he showed himself supreme in extemporising ways and means: P. φύσεως μὲν δυνάμει, μελέτης δε βραχύτητι κράτιστος δὴ οὗτος αὐτοσχεδιάζειν τὰ δέοντα ἐγένετο (Thuc. 1, 138).

instinct with, possessed with, adj.: P. and V. ἐπήβολος (gen.) (Plato).

full of: P. and V. μεστός (gen.); see full.