- Element
- subs.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 onesolf v.: P. εὐπαθεῖν, P. and V. εὐφραίνεσθαι.The Elements, subs.: P. τὰ γένη.The primed elements: P. τὰ πρῶτα (Plat., Theaet. 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 (Plat., Tim. 81E).I show that of the two elements appointed for the useof 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).
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.