hyle

See also: hýle

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) hile, hyla; ylem

Etymology

One of several English variants (in casu Modern English, in the 17th and 18th century) for the (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  hyle, a transliteration of Aristotle’s concept of matter, in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood(s), material(s), matter, subject”) or πρώτη ὕλη (prṓtē húlē, “fundamental, undifferentiated matter”)

Noun

hyle (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, philosophy) matter
2. The first matter of the cosmos, from which the four elements arose, according to the doctrines of Empedocles and Aristotle.

References

• OED: The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, Oxford University Press, 1989

Anagrams

• Heyl

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

hyle (imperative hyl, infinitive at hyle, present tense hyler, past tense hylede, perfect tense har hylet)

1. yell
2. howl
3. wail
4. yowl
5. whine
6. hoot

Related terms

terms related to hyle (verb)

• hyl
• hylekor
• hylen
• hylende

• hyler
• hyleri
• hyletone

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Latin

Etymology

Transliteration of Aristotle’s concept of matter, in Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood(s), material(s), matter, subject”) or πρώτη ὕλη (“fundamental, undifferentiated matter”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhyː.leː/, [ˈhyːɫ̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.le/, [ˈiːle]

Noun

hȳlē f (genitive hȳlēs); first declension

1. matter, the fundamental matter of all things, as opposing the form of all things (Aristotle’s doctrine of matter and form or hylomorphism); in Mediaeval Latin respectively materia prima and forma substantialis
2. the matter of the body, as opposing the soul or mind (Aristotle’s doctrine of the soul)
3. the first matter of the cosmos, an inaccurate interpretation of Aristotle's ἡ πρώτη ὕλη or materia prima

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hȳlē	hȳlae
Genitive	hȳlēs	hȳlārum
Dative	hȳlae	hȳlīs
Accusative	hȳlēn	hȳlās
Ablative	hȳlē	hȳlīs
Vocative	hȳlē	hȳlae

References

• “hyle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hyle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• hyle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “hyle”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hyle”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “hyle”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• L&S: Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1969
• See further references under ὕλη (húlē).