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μορφή

morphe

form, shape

Appears 138 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μορφή, ἡ, A. form, shape, twice in Hom. (not in Hes.), σοὶ δʼ ἔπι μὲν μορφὴ ἐπέων thou hast comeliness of words, Od. 11.367 (cf. Eust. ad loc.); so prob. ἄλλος μὲν . . εἶδος ἀκιδνότερος πέλει ἀνήρ, ἀλλὰ θεὸς μορφὴν ἔπεσι στέφει God adds a crown of shapeliness to his words, Od. 8.170: freq. later, μορφὰς δύο ὀνομάζειν Parm. 8.53; μορφὴν ἀλλάξαντα Emp. 137.1; μορφὰν βραχύς Pi. I. 4(3).53; μορφῆς μέτρα shape and size, E. Alc. 1063: periphr., μορφῆς φύσις A. Supp. 496; μορφῆς σχῆμα, τύπωμα, E. Ion 992, Ph. 162; τὴν αὐτὴν τοῦ σχήματος μορφήν Arist. PA 640b34; καὶ Γαῖα, πολλῶν ὀνομάτων μ. μία A. Pr. 212; ὀνειράτων ἀλίγκιοι μορφαῖσιν ib.449; νυκτέρων φαντασμάτων ἔχουσι μορφάς Id. Fr. 312; προὔπεμψεν ἀντὶ φιλτάτης μ. σποδόν S. El. 1159; of plants, Thphr. HP 1.1.12 (pl.); esp. with ref. to beauty of form, ὑπέρφατον μορφᾷ Pi. O. 9.65; οἷς ποτιστάξῃ χάρις εὐκλέα μ. ib.6.76, cf. IG 42 (1).121.119 (Epid., iv B. C.), LXX To. 1.13, Vett.Val. 1.6, etc.; σῶμα μορφῆς ἐμῆς OGI 383.41 (Commagene, i B. C.); μορφῆς εἰκόνας ib.27; χαρακτῆρα μορφῆς ἐμῆς ib.60. 2. generally, form, fashion, appearance, A. Pr. 78, S. Tr. 699, El. 199 (lyr.); outward form, opp. εἶδος, ἑκατέρω τῶ εἴδεος πολλαὶ μ. Philol. 5; ἀλλάττοντα τὸ αὑτοῦ εἶδος εἰς πολλὰς μορφάς Pl. R. 380d; μ. θεῶν X. Mem. 4.3.13, cf. Ep.Phil. 2.6, Dam. Pr. 304; ἡρώων εἴδεα καὶ μορφάς A.R. 4.1193; κατά τε μορφὰς καὶ φωνάς gesticulations and cries, D.H. 14.9; τὴν μ. μελάγχρους, τῇ μ. μελίχροας, in complexion, Ptol. Tetr. 143, 144. 3. kind, sort, E. Ion 382, 1068 (lyr.), Pl. R. 397c, etc. (Possibly cogn. with Lat. forma for morgṷhmā, with f by dissimilation, cf. μύρμηξ.)

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