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substantia

Latin term · 2 occurrences · 2 works

Short definition (Lewis & Short): that of which a thing consists, the being, essence, contents, material, substance (post - Aug.): : : delebo omnem substantiam, every thing that exists, Vulg. Gen. 7, 4.

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2 occurrences of this form in 2 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).

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Example passages

……video, quid aliud sit paupertas quam parvi possessio. De isto videbimus, si quando valde vacabit, quae sit divitiarum, quae paupertatis substantia; sed tunc quoque considerabimus, numquid satius sit paupertatem permulcere, divitiis demere supercilium quam litigare de verbis, quasi iam de rebus iudicatum sit.…

Seneca — Letters to Lucilius · Read in context

……et taedio est et post primum impetum marcet. Nec id umquam certum est, cuius in motu natura est. Ita ne potest quidem ulla eius esse substantia, quod venit transitque celerrime in ipso usu sui periturum ; eo enim pertendit, ubi desinat, et, dum incipit, spectat ad finem.…

Seneca — On the Happy Life · Read in context

Subjects

Christology & the Trinity

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