estate

Greek Noun Female

οὐσία, -ας, ἡ (οὖσα, fem. part. of εἰμί), [in LXX: Tob.14:13, 3Ma.3:28 *;] substance, property: Luk.15:12-13. (AS)

estate

Greek Noun Female

οὐσί-α, Ionic dialect -ιη[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ἐσσία, ὠσία (which see): ἡ: (ὀντ, participle of εἰμί sum):—that which is one's own, one's substance, property, [Refs 5th c.BC+][same place], etc; opposed to τὰ σώματα (civil status), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ ἐκεκτήμην οὐ. if I had been a man of substance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φανερὰ οὐσία real property, immovables, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀφανής, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of estates in Egypt, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II) in Philos, like Ionic dialect φύσις (with which it is interchanged in various uses, e. g. [Refs 5th c.BC+], stable being, immutable reality, opposed to γένεσις, ὅτιπερ πρὸς γένεσιν οὐσία, τοῦτο πρὸς πίστιν ἀλήθεια [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁδὸς εἰς οὐσίαν [Refs]: hence, being in the abstract, opposed to non-being (τὸ μὴ εἶναι), [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) substance, essence, opposed to πάθη ('modes'), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to συμβεβηκότα ('accidents'), [Refs] II.3) true nature of that which is a member of a kind, defined as ὃ τυγχάνει ἕκαστον ὄν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; as τὸ ὅ ἐστι[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ εἶναί τε καὶ τὴν οὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; expressed in a formula or definition, ψυχῆς οὐ. τε καὶ λόγον [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.4) the possession of such a nature, substantiality, ἔτι ἐπέκεινα τῆς οὐ. πρεσβείᾳ. ὑπερέχοντος [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.5) in the concrete, the primary real, the substratum underlying all change and process in nature, applied by [Refs 4th c.BC+] to the atoms of Democritus, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.6) in Logic, substance as the leading category, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ πρῶται οὐ. (individuals), αἱ δεύτεραι οὐ. (species and genera), [Refs]; ἡ οὐ. ἐντελέχεια[Refs]; of the abstract objects of mathematics, μονὰς οὐ. ἄθετος, στιγμὴ δὲ οὐ. θετός [Refs] II.7) after [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ οὐσίαν, opposed to κατὰ δύναμιν ἢ ἐνέργειαν, Polystr.p.12 W; πᾶς νοῦς ἀμέριστός ἐστιν οὐ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II.8) [Refs 4th c.BC+] III) name of a plaster, [Refs 6th c.AD+] IV) αἱ οὐ. fireresisting substances, Zos.Alch.p.168 [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the four σώματα (copper, tin, lead, iron), [Refs 5th c.BC+] 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 [Refs]

Greek

Noun Feminine

substance, i.e. property (possessions); goods, substance; from the feminine of g5607 (ὤν)