"οὐσία" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /uː.sí.aː/, /uˈsi.a/, /uˈsi.a/, /uː.sí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /uˈsi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /uˈsi.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /uˈsi.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /uˈsi.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ὤν, οὖσᾰ, ὄν (ṓn, oûsa, ón, “being”), the present participle of εἰμῐ́ (eimí) (“to be”), + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*h₁es-}}, {{m|grc||ὤν, οὖσᾰ, ὄν|being}} ὤν, οὖσᾰ, ὄν (ṓn, oûsa, ón, “being”), {{affix|grc|-ῐ́ᾱ|pos1=abstract noun suffix}} -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|οὐσίᾱς|f|first|head=οὐσίᾱ}} οὐσίᾱ • (ousíā) f (genitive οὐσίᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|οὐσῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: οὐσίᾱ [canonical], ousíā [romanization], οὐσίᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ οὐσῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ οὐσῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ οὐσῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς οὐσῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν οὐσῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], τῶν οὐσῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ οὐσῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν οὐσῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς οὐσῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν οὐσῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ οὐσῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς οὐσῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], οὐσῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], οὐσῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], οὐσῐ́αι [plural, vocative]
  1. that which is one's own, one's substance, property
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-rjrg8P1k
  2. (philosophy) Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality
    substance, essence
    Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-nXBQVEV4 Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 5 10 8 10 12 9 8 15 8 2 5 7 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  3. (philosophy) Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality
    true nature of that which is a member of a kind
    Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-G-hq8CI- Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  4. (philosophy) Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality
    the possession of such a nature, substantiality
    Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-D3~a8nbF Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 5 10 8 10 12 9 8 15 8 2 5 7 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  5. (philosophy) Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality
    (in the concrete) the primary real, the substratum underlying all change and process in nature
    Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-Lu5jtLEP Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 5 10 8 10 12 9 8 15 8 2 5 7 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  6. (philosophy) Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality
    (logic) substance as the leading category
    Categories (topical): Logic, Philosophy
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-x~D1m3Jg Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  7. (philosophy) Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality
    (various uses after Plato and Aristotle)
    Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-ybYjA6DE Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  8. (philosophy) Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality
    Pythagorean name for I
    Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-pDRP6tpp Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 6 7 16 6 6 24 6 1 3 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 5 10 8 10 12 9 8 15 8 2 5 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 5 8 8 8 11 9 8 18 8 4 4 8 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 4 9 7 9 13 7 7 22 7 2 4 9 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  9. (philosophy) Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality Categories (topical): Philosophy Synonyms: φύσις [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-ybYjA6DE1 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  10. name of a plaster
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-Cwtn7io3
  11. a fire-resisting substance
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-Q06FJJ2t
  12. (in magic) a material thing by which a connection is established between the person to be acted upon and the supernatural agent
    Sense id: en-οὐσία-grc-noun-b9pIllsW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: οὐσίη (ousíē) [Ionic], ἐσσία (essía), ὠσία (ōsía) [Doric]

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          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 911"
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          "text": "416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 337"
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          "text": "412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 1253"
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          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 551B"
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          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 65D"
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          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Fragments 208"
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          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On the Soul 412A.19"
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          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1035B.15"
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          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Posterior Analytics 87A.36"
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          "text": "c. 334 BCE – c. 262 BCE, Zeno of Citium, Stoic 1.24"
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          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 2.4.5"
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          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 4.7.8"
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          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 6.1.2"
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          "text": "470 BCE – 385 BCE, Philolaus, Collected Works 11"
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          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 359A–B"
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        {
          "text": "350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 646A.25"
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        {
          "text": "371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 6.1.1"
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        {
          "text": "360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 29C"
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        {
          "text": "360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 232C"
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          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 966E"
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          "text": "350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 641B.32"
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          "text": "498 CE – 518 CE, Zosimus, Alch. 168B"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τῶν οὐσῐῶν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τὴν οὐσῐ́ᾱν",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τὼ οὐσῐ́ᾱ",
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        "dual"
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        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "οὐσῐ́ᾱ",
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          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 911"
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          "text": "416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 337"
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        {
          "text": "412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 1253"
        },
        {
          "text": "391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 729"
        },
        {
          "text": "445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Confiscation of the Property of the Brother of Nicias 17"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 551B"
        },
        {
          "text": "440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 74"
        },
        {
          "text": "445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Refusal of a Pension 11"
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        {
          "text": "342 BCE – 291 BCE, Diphilus, Collected Works 32.7"
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        {
          "text": "Anaxipp. 1.32"
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        {
          "text": "440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 118"
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        {
          "text": "445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Diogeiton 4"
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          "text": "399 BCE, Plato, Euthyphro 11A"
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        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1003B.7"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Posterior Analytics 83A.24"
        },
        {
          "text": "350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 643A.27"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On the Soul 402A.8"
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    {
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        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 65D"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 92D"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Posterior Analytics 90B.30"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 509B"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 245E"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1017B.22"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1031A.1"
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        "Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality",
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        "sciences"
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    {
      "categories": [
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        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 509B"
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        "Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality",
        "the possession of such a nature, substantiality"
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        [
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        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
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    {
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        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Fragments 208"
        },
        {
          "text": "350 BCE, Aristotle, On the Heavens 298A.29"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1017B.10"
        },
        {
          "text": "350 BCE, Aristotle, On the Heavens 298B.3"
        },
        {
          "text": "360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 246A"
        }
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        "Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Logic",
        "grc:Philosophy"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Categories 1B.26"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1045B.29"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Categories 2B.5"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Categories 2A.15"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1035B.29"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1043A.30"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On the Soul 412A.16"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1037A.5"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On the Soul 412A.19"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1035B.15"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Posterior Analytics 87A.36"
        }
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        "Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality",
        "substance as the leading category"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
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        [
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        [
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          "logic"
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      ],
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      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
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        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Philosophy"
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        {
          "text": "c. 334 BCE – c. 262 BCE, Zeno of Citium, Stoic 1.24"
        },
        {
          "text": "Polystr. 12"
        },
        {
          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 2.4.5"
        },
        {
          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 2.6.1"
        },
        {
          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 4.7.8"
        },
        {
          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 6.1.2"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality"
      ],
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        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
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        [
          "φύσις",
          "φύσις#Ancient Greek"
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        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
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    },
    {
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        "grc:Philosophy"
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        {
          "text": "Theol., Ar. 6"
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      ],
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        "Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality",
        "Pythagorean name for I"
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy) Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality",
        "Pythagorean name for I"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Philosophy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "470 BCE – 385 BCE, Philolaus, Collected Works 11"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 359A–B"
        },
        {
          "text": "350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 646A.25"
        },
        {
          "text": "371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 6.1.1"
        },
        {
          "text": "360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 29C"
        },
        {
          "text": "360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 232C"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 966E"
        },
        {
          "text": "350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 641B.32"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1003B.7"
        },
        {
          "text": "366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 185C"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "φύσις",
          "φύσις#Ancient Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy) Synonym of φύσις (phúsis) stable being, immutable reality"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "(phúsis) stable being, immutable reality",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "φύσις"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Aet. 15.15.45"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "name of a plaster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "498 CE – 518 CE, Zosimus, Alch. 168B"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a fire-resisting substance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a material thing by which a connection is established between the person to be acted upon and the supernatural agent"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in magic) a material thing by which a connection is established between the person to be acted upon and the supernatural agent"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in magic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/uː.sí.aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈsi.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈsi.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uː.sí.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈsi.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈsi.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈsi.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uˈsi.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ousíē",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "οὐσίη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "essía",
      "word": "ἐσσία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ōsía",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "ὠσία"
    }
  ],
  "word": "οὐσία"
}

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