εὐφυΐα
See also: ευφυΐα
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 11 March 2016
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + φῠ́ω (phúō, “to grow”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.pʰy.í.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eʍ.pʰyˈi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸ.ɸyˈi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ef.fyˈi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ef.fiˈi.a/
Noun
εὐφῠΐᾱ • (euphuḯā) f (genitive εὐφῠΐᾱς); first declension
- natural goodness of growth or shape, shapeliness
- Hippocrates, Surgery 742
- Plutarch, Solon 1
- good natural parts, natural cleverness, genius, goodness
- Plato, Definitions 413D
- Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 3.7.17
- Aristotle, Rhetoric 1.6.15
- (of places) fertility, favorable situation
- Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 1.2.3, (compare Polybius, The Histories 2.68.5)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ εὐφῠΐᾱ; τῆς εὐφῠΐᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ εὐφῠΐᾱ hē euphuḯā | τὼ εὐφῠΐᾱ tṑ euphuḯā | αἱ εὐφῠΐαι hai euphuḯai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς εὐφῠΐᾱς tês euphuḯās | τοῖν εὐφῠΐαιν toîn euphuḯain | τῶν εὐφῠϊῶν tôn euphuïôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ εὐφῠΐᾳ têi euphuḯāi | τοῖν εὐφῠΐαιν toîn euphuḯain | ταῖς εὐφῠΐαις taîs euphuḯais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν εὐφῠΐᾱν tḕn euphuḯān | τὼ εὐφῠΐᾱ tṑ euphuḯā | τᾱ̀ς εὐφῠΐᾱς tā̀s euphuḯās | ||||||||||
Vocative | εὐφῠΐᾱ euphuḯā | εὐφῠΐᾱ euphuḯā | εὐφῠΐαι euphuḯai | ||||||||||
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References
- εὐφυΐα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εὐφυΐα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette