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➳ Ion<\/i>. οὐσίη, HDT. l. c<\/i>.<\/p>

Étym<\/b>. ὤν.<\/p>" }, { "dictionary": "LSJ", "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)", "source": null, "description": "Ion. -ίη Hdt. 1.92, 6.86. αʹ, SIG 167.26 (Mylasa, iv BC); Dor. ἐσσία, ὠσία; ἡ ; (ὀντ-, part.<\/i> of εἰμί sum<\/b>) : — that which is one΄s own, one΄s substance, property<\/b>, Hdt. ll.cc.<\/i>, S. Tr.<\/i> 911 (s.v.l.<\/font>), E. HF<\/i> 337, Hel.<\/i> 1253 (pl., Fr.<\/i> 354 (s.v.l.<\/font>)), Ar. Ec.<\/i> 729, Lys. 18.17, Pl. R.<\/i> 551b, SIG l.c.<\/i>, etc. ; opp. τὰ σώματα (civil status), And. 1.74; καλῶς… ἐπεμελήθη τῶν οὐσιῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ δημάρχου BSA 24.154 (Attica, iv BC); εἰ ἐκεκτήμην οὐ. if I had been a man of substance<\/b>, Lys. 24.11; ὑπὲρ τὴν οὐ. δαπανᾶν Diph. 32.7; πατρῴαν οὐ. κατεσθίειν Anaxipp. 1.32, cf. Critias 45 D. ; φανερὰ οὐσία real property, immovables<\/b>, And. 1.118; opp. ἀφανής, Lys. 32.4; freq. of estates<\/b> in Egypt, PTeb. 6.23 (ii BC, pl.), BGU 650.3 (i AD), OGI 665.30 (i AD), etc. in Philos., like Ion. φύσις (with which it is interchanged in various uses, e.g. Philol.<\/i> 11, Pl. R.<\/i> 359a, 359b, Arist. PA<\/i> 646a25, Thphr. HP<\/i> 6.1.1), stable being, immutable reality<\/b>, opp. γένεσις, ὅτιπερ πρὸς γένεσιν οὐσία, τοῦτο πρὸς πίστιν ἀλήθεια Pl. Ti.<\/i> 29c, cf. Sph.<\/i> 232c; ὧν κίνησις γένεσιν παραλαβοῦσα ἀέναον οὐ. ἐπόρισεν Id. Lg.<\/i> 966e; γένεσις μὲν τὸ σπέρμα, οὐ. δὲ τὸ τέλος Arist. PA<\/i> 641b32, cf. 640a18, etc. ; ὁδὸς εἰς οὐσίαν Id. Metaph.<\/i> 1003b7; hence, being<\/b> in the abstract, opp. non-being (< τὸ μὴ εἶναι), Pl. Tht.<\/i> 185c.substance, essence<\/b>, opp. πάθη (΄modes΄), Id. Euthphr.<\/i> 11a; πάθη οὐσίας Arist. Metaph.<\/i> 1003b7; opp. συμβεβηκότα (΄accidents΄), Id. APo.<\/i> 83a24, PA<\/i> 643a27; ἡ φύσις [τῆς ψυχῆς] καὶ ἡ οὐ., εἶθ’ ὅσα συμβέβηκε περὶ αὐτήν Id. de An.<\/i> 402a8.true nature<\/b> of that which is a member of a kind, defined as ὃ τυγχάνει ἕκαστον ὄν Pl. Phd.<\/i> 65d; as τὸ ὅ ἐστι ib.<\/i> 92d; as τὸ τί ἐστι Arist. APo.<\/i> 90b30; τὸ εἶναί τε καὶ τὴν οὐ. Pl. R.<\/i> 509b; expressed in a formula or definition, ψυχῆς οὐ. τε καὶ λόγον Id. Phdr.<\/i> 245e; τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι οὗ ὁ λόγος ὁρισμός, καὶ τοῦτο οὐ. λέγεται Arist. Metaph.<\/i> 1017b22; μόνης τῆς οὐ. ἐστὶν ὁ ὁρισμός ib.<\/i> 1031a1. the possession of such a nature, substantiality<\/b>, ἔτι ἐπέκεινα τῆς οὐ. πρεσβείᾳ… ὑπερέχοντος Pl. R.<\/i> 509b. in the concrete, the primary real<\/b>, the substratum<\/b> underlying all change and process in nature, applied by Arist. to the atoms of Democritus, Fr.<\/i> 208; to τὰ ἁπλᾶ σώματα Id. Cael.<\/i> 298a29, cf. Metaph.<\/i> 1017b10; πᾶσαι αἱ φυσικαὶ οὐ. ἢ σώματα ἢ μετὰ σωμάτων γίγνονται Id. Cael.<\/i> 298b3, al. ; ταὐτὸν σῶμα καὶ οὐσίαν ὁριζόμενοι Pl. Sph.<\/i> 246a; but also, νοητὰ ἄττα καὶ ἀσώματα εἴδη… τὴν ἀληθινὴν οὐ. ib.<\/i> b. in Logic, substance<\/b> as the leading category, Arist. Cat.<\/i> 1b26, Metaph.<\/i> 1045b29; αἱ πρῶται οὐ. (individuals), αἱ δεύτεραι οὐ. (species and genera), Id. Cat.<\/i> 2b5, 2a15 (but ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ὁ ἵππος… οὐκ ἔστιν οὐ. ἀλλὰ σύνολόν τι Id. Metaph.<\/i> 1035b29, cf. σύνθετος or συνθέτη οὐ. ib.<\/i> 1043a30, de An.<\/i> 412a16); ἡ μὲν ψυχὴ οὐ. ἡ πρώτη, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ὕλη Id. Metaph.<\/i> 1037a5; ἡ ψυχὴ οὐ. ὡς εἶδος Id. de An.<\/i> 412a19; ἡ οὐ. ἐντελέχεια ib.<\/i> 21; [ψυχὴ] οὐ. τοῦ ἐμψύχου Id. Metaph.<\/i> 1035b15; of the abstract objects of mathematics, μονὰς οὐ. ἄθετος, στιγμὴ δὲ οὐ. θετός Id. APo.<\/i> 87a36. after Pl. and Arist. in various uses, as ἡ ἄποιος οὐ., = ἡ ὕλη, Zeno Stoic.<\/i> 1.24; κατὰ οὐσίαν, opp. κατὰ δύναμιν ἢ ἐνέργειαν, Polystr. p. 12 W. ; πᾶς νοῦς ἀμέριστός ἐστιν οὐ. Procl. Inst.<\/i> 171, cf. Plot. 2.4.5, 2.6.1, 4.7.8, 6.1.2, al. Pythag. name for 1, Theol.Ar.<\/i> 6. name of a plaster, Aët. 15.15, 45. αἱ οὐ.fireresisting substances<\/b>, Zos.Alch. p. 168 B. ; of the four σώματα (copper, tin, lead, iron), Ps.-Democr. ap. eund. p. 167 B. in Magic, a material thing by which a connexion is established between the person to be acted upon and the supernatural agent<\/b>, e.g. a hair, λαβὼν βελόνην διείρων τὴν οὐ. εἰς αὐτήν PMagPar. 1.2949, cf. PMag. Osl. 1.73; mould from a tomb, PMagPar. 1.435; κυνοκεφάλου οὐ.,… κυνὸς οὐ., = κόπρος (cf. 2460), ib.<\/i> 2687, etc." }, { "dictionary": "Pape", "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)", "source": null, "description": "ἡ (οὖσα, εἶμί), das Seiende<\/i> :   1)<\/b> das Vermögen, Eigentum<\/i> ; Her. 1.92 ; ἡ οὐσία δημεύεται, Lys. 18.17 u. öfter bei Rednern ; οὐσίας δι' ἀμελείας ἀπολλυμένης, Plat. Phaedr<\/i>. 252a ; οὐσίᾳ καὶ γένει οὐδενὸς ὕστερος ὢν τῶν ἐκεῖ, Tim<\/i>. 20a ; οὐσίαν μάλα πολλὴν κατέλιπεν, Theaet<\/i>. 144c, u. öfter, wie Folgde ; τὰς ἄπαιδας ἐς τὸ λοιπὸν οὐσίας, Soph. Tr<\/i>. 907, das Hauswesen ohne Kinder<\/i>.   2)<\/b> das Wesen, das wahrhafte Sein<\/i>, auch die Wirklichkeit<\/i>, nach Arist. anim<\/i>. 2.1 πᾶν σῶμα φυσικὸν μετέχον ζωῆς ; so oft Plat., ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὀνομάτων τούτων ὑπόκειταί τις ἴδιος οὐσία Prot<\/i>. 349b, ἡ οὐσία ἔχουσα τὴν ἐπωνυμίαν τὴν τοῦὃ ἔστιν Phaed<\/i>. 92d, ψυχῆς οὐσίαν τε καὶ λόγον, Wesen u. Begriff, Phaedr<\/i>. 245e ; dem μὴ εἶναι entgegengesetzt<\/font>, Theaet<\/i>. 185c ; mit ἀλήθεια vrbdn, Rep<\/i>. VII.525c ; Arist. u. Folgde." }, { "dictionary": "TBESG", "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars", "source": null, "description": " οὐσία<\/b>, -ας, ἡ (< οὖσα, fem. part. of εἰμί), [in LXX: Tob.14:13, 3Ma.3:28 * ;] substance, property<\/b>: Luk.15:12-13.† (AS)" } ] } ] }