ἀφυΐα

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νὺξ μὲν ἐμὸν κατέχει ζωῆς φάος ὑπνοδοτείρη → sleep-giving night hath quenched my light of life | sleep-giving night covers my light of life | night, the giver of sleep, holds the light of my life

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Full diacritics: ἀφῠΐα Medium diacritics: ἀφυΐα Low diacritics: αφυΐα Capitals: ΑΦΥΪΑ
Transliteration A: aphyḯa Transliteration B: aphuia Transliteration C: afyia Beta Code: a)fui/+a

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A want of natural power or faculty, τῆς κάμψεως Arist.PA 659a29; φωνητηρίων ὀργάνων Str.14.2.28; ψυχῆς Plu.2.104c; ἀ. πρὸς τὸ ἡδέως ζῆν natural unfitness for... ib.1088b; in pl., ἀφυΐαι, opp. εὐφυΐαι, Porph.Abst.3.8, cf. Colot.in Euthd.2. (Written ἀφύεια in Colot. l.c., Epicur.Nat.Herc.1420.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 416] ἡ, Mangel an natürlicher Anlage, πρός τι Strab. XIV p. 662; Plut.; Ungeschicklichkeit, Plut. u. A.