wood, timber
→
substance, material
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | materia | |
| meaning 1 | timber | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | matter; material; component stuff; substance | |
| reference | Lewis, Short | |
| comment | ||