element

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τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)

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substantive

part: P. and V. μέρος, τό.

germ: P. and V. σπέρμα, τό.

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).

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