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ὕπαρξις

hyparxis

existence, reality

Appears 202 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὕπαρξις, εως, ἡ, A. existence, reality, τοῦ θεοῦ Phld. Piet. 114, cf. D. 3.10; opp. ἀνυπαρξία, S.E. P. 1.21, cf. 3.24; opp. νόησις, Plu. 2.1067c, Gal. 6.115; opp. ἀναίρεσις, A.D. Conj. 221.17; εἴ τις . . ἐν οὐχ ὑπάρξει τὸν χρόνον λέγοι Plot. 3.7.13. 2. in Logic, existence in a subject, Ammon. in Cat. 6.16, al. 3. Gramm., τὰ τῆς ὑπάρξεως ῥήματα, = ὑπαρκτικὰ ῥ., A.D. Pron. 25.2, cf. Stoic. 2.46. 4. Math., positive term, λεῖψις ἐπὶ λεῖψιν πολλαπλασιασθεῖσα ποιεῖ ὕπαρξιν Dioph. 1 Def. 9; cf. ὑπάρχω B. IV. 3. II. substance, ἡ τοῦ κέρατος ὕ. S.E. P. 1.129. 2. like τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, substance, property, LXXPr. 18.11, Plb. 2.17.11, Phld. Oec.p.69 J. (pl.), D.H. 7.8, D.S. 20.71, Ep.Hebr. 10.34, POxy. 1274.14 (iii A. D.); χρημάτων ὕ. Telesp.43 H.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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