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οὐσί-α, Ion.
A.
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Hdt. 1.92
, 6.86 .ά, SIG 167.26 (Mylasa,iv B. C.); Dor.
ἐσσία,ὠσία(qq. v.):ἡ: (ὀντ-,part.ofεἰμί sum):—that which is one's own, one's substance, property, Hdt. ll.cc., S. Tr. 911 (s. v. l.), E. HF 337 , Hel. 1253 (pl., Fr. 354 (s. v. l.)), Ar. Ec. 729 , Lys. 18.17 , Pl. R. 551b ,SIGl.c., etc.; opp.τὰ σώματα(civil status), And. 1.74 ; καλῶς . . ἐπεμελήθη τῶν οὐσιῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ δημάρχου
BSA 24.154
(Attica,iv B.C.);εἰ ἐκεκτήμην οὐ. if I had been a man ofsubstance, Lys. 24.11 ; ὑπὲρ τὴν οὐ. δαπανᾶν
Diph. 32.7
; πατρῴαν οὐ. κατεσθίειν
Anaxipp. 1.32
, cf. Critias 45
D. ;φανερὰ οὐσίαrealproperty, immovables, And. 1.118 ; opp.ἀφανής, Lys. 32.4 ; freq. ofestatesin Egypt, PTeb. 6.23 (ii B. C., pl.), BGU 650.3
(i A. D.), OGI 665.30
Close Browse lexicon entries φύσις(with which it is interchanged in various uses, e. g. Philol. 11 , Pl. R. 359a , 359b , Arist. PA 646a25 , Thphr. HP 6.1.1 ),stable being, immutable reality, opp. γένεσις, ὅτιπερ πρὸς γένεσιν οὐσία, τοῦτο πρὸς πίστιν ἀλήθεια
, cf. Sph. 232c ; ὧν κίνησις γένεσιν παραλαβοῦσα ἀέναον οὐ. ἐπόρισεν
; γένεσις μὲν τὸ σπέρμα, οὐ. δὲ τὸ τέλος
, cf. 640a18 , etc.; ὁδὸς εἰς οὐσίαν
: hence,beingin the abstract, opp. non-being (τὸ μὴ εἶναι), Pl. Tht. 185c .
2. substance, essence, opp.πάθη('modes'), Id. Euthphr. 11a ; πάθη οὐσίας
; opp.συμβεβηκότα('accidents'), Id. APo. 83a24 , PA 643a27 ; ἡ φύσις [τῆς ψυχῆς] καὶ ἡ οὐ., εἶθ' ὅσα συμβέβηκε περὶ αὐτήν
3. true natureof that which is a member of a kind, defined as ὃ τυγχάνει ἕκαστον ὄν
; asτὸ ὅ ἐστιib. 92d ; as τὸ τί ἐστι
;τὸ εἶναί τε καὶ τὴν οὐ. Pl. R. 509b ; expressed in a formula or definition, ψυχῆς οὐ. τε καὶ λόγον
; τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι οὗ ὁ λόγος ὁρισμός, καὶ τοῦτο οὐ. λέγεται
;μόνης τῆς οὐ. ἐστὶν ὁ ὁρισμόςib. 1031a1 .
4. the possession of such a nature,substantiality, ἔτι ἐπέκεινα τῆς οὐ. πρεσβείᾳ . . ὑπερέχοντος
5. in the concrete,the primary real, thesubstratumunderlying all change and process in nature, applied by Arist. to the atoms of Democritus, Fr. 208 ; to τὰ ἁπλᾶ σώματα
, cf. Metaph. 1017b10 ; πᾶσαι αἱ φυσικαὶ οὐ. ἢ σώματα ἢ μετὰ σωμάτων γίγνονται
, al.; ταὐτὸν σῶμα καὶ οὐσίαν ὁριζόμενοι
; but also,νοητὰ ἄττα καὶ ἀσώματα εἴδη . . τὴν ἀληθινὴν οὐ.ib.b.
6. in Logic,substanceas the leading category, Arist. Cat. 1b26 , Metaph. 1045b29 ;αἱ πρῶται οὐ. (individuals),αἱ δεύτεραι οὐ. (species and genera), Id. Cat. 2b5 , 2a15 (but ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ὁ ἵππος . . οὐκ ἔστιν οὐ. ἀλλὰ σύνολόν τι
, cf.σύνθετοςorσυνθέτη οὐ. ib. 1043a30 , de An. 412a16 ); ἡ μὲν ψυχὴ οὐ. ἡ πρώτη, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ὕλη
;ἡ οὐ. ἐντελέχειαib. 21 ; [ ψυχὴ] οὐ. τοῦ ἐμψύχου
; of the abstract objects of mathematics, μονὰς οὐ. ἄθετος, στιγμὴ δὲ οὐ. θετός
7. after Pl. and Arist. in various uses, asἡ ἄποιος οὐ.,
= ἡ ὕλη , Zeno Stoic. 1.24 ;κατὰ οὐσίαν, opp.κατὰ δύναμιν ἢ ἐνέργειαν, Polystr. p.12 W.;πᾶς νοῦς ἀμέριστός ἐστιν οὐ. Procl. Inst. 171 , cf. Plot. 2.4.5 , 2.6.1 , 4.7.8 , 6.1.2 , al.
Pythag. name for I, Theol.Ar. 6 .
III. name of a plaster, Aët. 15.15 , 45 .
IV. αἱ οὐ.fireresisting substances, Zos.Alch. p.168
B. ; of the fourσώματα(copper, tin, lead, iron), Ps.-Democr. ap. eund. p.167
V. in Magic,a material thing by which a connexion is established between the person to be acted upon and the supernatural agent, e.g. a hair, λαβὼν βελόνην διείρων τὴν οὐ. εἰς αὐτήν
, cf. PMag.Osl. 1.73 ; mouldfrom a tomb, PMag.Par. 1.435 ;κυνοκεφάλου οὐ., . . κυνὸς οὐ.,
= κόπρος (cf. 2460 ), ib. 2687 , etc.
References Hdt. 1.92 6.86 SIG 167.26 Hdt. S. Tr. 911 E. HF 337 Hel. 1253 Fr. 354 Ar. Ec. 729 Lys. 18.17 Pl. R. 551b And. 1.74 BSA 24.154 Lys. 24.11 Diph. 32.7 Anaxipp. 1.32 Critias 45 D. And. 1.118 Lys. 32.4 PTeb. 6.23 BGU 650.3 OGI 665.30 Philol. 11 Pl. R. 359a 359b Arist. PA 646a25 Thphr. HP 6.1.1 Pl. Ti. 29c Sph. 232c Id. Lg. 966e Arist. PA 641b32 640a18 Id. Metaph. 1003b7 Pl. Tht. 185c Id. Euthphr. 11a Arist. Metaph. 1003b7 Id. APo. 83a24 PA 643a27 Id. de An. 402a8 Pl. Phd. 65d 92d Arist. APo. 90b30 Pl. R. 509b Id. Phdr. 245e Arist. Metaph. 1017b22 1031a1 Arist. Fr. 208 Id. Cael. 298a29 Metaph. 1017b10 Id. Cael. 298b3 Pl. Sph. 246a Arist. Cat. 1b26 Metaph. 1045b29 Id. Cat. 2b5 2a15 Id. Metaph. 1035b29 1043a30 de An. 412a16 Id. Metaph. 1037a5 Id. de An. 412a19 21 Id. Metaph. 1035b15 Id. APo. 87a36 Pl. Zeno Stoic. 1.24 p.12 Procl. Inst. 171 Plot. 2.4.5 2.6.1 4.7.8 6.1.2 Pythag. Theol.Ar. 6 Aët. 15.15 45 p.168 B. Ps.-Democr. p.167 PMag.Par. 1.2949 PMag.Osl. 1.73 PMag.Par. 1.435 2460 2687 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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