STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: εἶδος

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εἶδος, εος, τό,

(εἴδω A) that which is seen: form, shape, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], of the human form or figure, especially absolutely in accusative with adjectives, εἶδος ἄριστος, ἀγητός, κακός, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.39, 5.787, 10.316; ἀλίγκιος ἀθανάτοισιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.174; opposed to φρένες, 17.454 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to βίη, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.316 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δευτέρα πεδ᾽ Ἀγιδὼν τὸ εἶ. [[ 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 23.58; τὸ εἶδος τῆς γυναικὸς ὑπερεπαινέων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, etc.] Refs 7th c.BC+]; appearance, of a dog, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.308; ὄφιες ποικίλοι τὰ εἴδεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.107; εἴδεα [τῶν θεῶν] σημήναντες [prev. author] 2.53; γυνὴ τό γ᾽ εἶδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 267 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, periphrastic for person, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1177; τὸ ἐπ᾽ εἴδει καλόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 210b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__b especially of beauty of person, comeliness, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199; πλούτῳ καὶ εἴδει προφέρων [prev. author] 6.127. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__c in Medicine texts, physique, habit of body, constitution, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος ἀνθρώπου” 9, “Hum.” 1: more frequently in _plural_, [prev. author] “Aër.” 3, +others; εἴδεα εὔχροά τε καὶ ἀνθηρά [prev. work] 5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 generally, shape, σχῆμα καὶ εἶδος [[ [prev. author] “Off.” 3, compare “Mochl.” 6, etc.] Refs]; pattern, of 'figurate' numbers, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 203a15; ἡ μονὰς εἶδος εἰδῶν τυγχάνει “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 4, compare 17] Refs 4th c.BC+]; decorative pattern or figure, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 29 (_plural_) ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a musical scale, τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων τρία εἰδη [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” p.74 M. (identified with σχῆμα, [prev. passage])] Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, shapes, i.e. various kinds of atoms (compare ἰδέα), [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 51. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]

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__II form, kind, or nature, τῶν ἀλλέων παιγνιέων τὰ εἴδεα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94; τὸ εἶ. τῆς νόσου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.50, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἁρμονίας εἴδει εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become like.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91d, compare “Cra.” 394d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐν φαρμάκου εἴδει by way of medicine, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 389b ] Refs]; νόμων ἔχει εἶδος is in the province of law, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; situation, state of things, σκέψασθε ἐν οἵῳ εἴδει.. τοῦτο ἔπραξαν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.62 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; plan of action, policy, ἐπὶ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι [[ [prev. author] 6.77, 8.56 ] Refs]; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι take up another line, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 317 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; specific notion, meaning, idea, ἂν παρέχῃ τὸ ἓν εἶ. δύο ὀνόματα.., περὶ ἑνὸς εἴδεος δύο ὀνόματα οὐ τὰ αὐτά [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 24.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; department, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but also, elementary nature or quality, [[[prev. work] 15)] Refs]; type, sort, πυρετῶν [[ [prev. author] “Epid.” 3.12; αὐγῆς [prev. author] “Off.” 3, etc.] Refs]: Rhet., style of writing, τὰ εἴδη τῶν λόγων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.17, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1441b9 (_plural_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, definite literary form, Men.Rh.[near the start], [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Chrest.” p.243 W., “Etymologicum Magnum” 295.52 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; also, example of a style, ὅλοις εἴδεσι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.74 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, single poem, applied to Pindar's odes by Scholia; also, written statement, ἀναγνωσθέντος εἴδους [[ “PAmh.” 2.65.11 (2nd c.AD),compare “PTeb.” 287.12 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]