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ἀφυΐα

ἀφυΐα, want of natural power

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Ἀφυΐας Noun: feminine accusative plural, Noun: feminine genitive singular of ἀφυΐα

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ἀφῠΐα, ἡ,
  • want of natural power or faculty, τῆς κάμψεως Arist. PA 659a29; φωνητηρίων ὀργάνων Str. 14.2.28; ψυχῆς Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.104c; ἀ. πρὸς τὸ ἡδέως ζῆν natural unfitness for . ., ib. Suav. 1088b; in pl., ἀφυΐαι, opp. εὐφυΐαι, Porph. Abst. 3.8, cf. Colot. in Euthd. 2. (Written ἀφύεια in Colot. l.c., Epicur. Nat.Herc. 1420.)

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