wood, timber
→
substance
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Ancient Greek | |
lexeme | ὕλη | |
meaning 1 | timber | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | substance | |
reference | LSJ | |
comment | LSJ 1847-1848. As a general philosphic notion it is used in Aristotle's writings. The Lat. materia is an Ancient Greek calque. |