different between hyle vs whyle

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 Medieval Latin hyle, a transliteration of Aristotle’s concept of matter, in Ancient Greek ??? (húl?, “wood(s), material(s), matter, subject”) or ????? ??? (pr?t? húl?, “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

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German h?len, from Proto-Germanic *h?wil?n?, cognate with English howl, German heulen, Dutch huilen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hy?l?/, [?hy?l?]

Verb

hyle (past tense hylede or (unofficial) høl, past participle hylet)

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

Inflection

Related terms

References

• “hyle” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hyle” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?hy?.le?/, [?hy???e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.le/, [?i?l?]

Noun

h?l? f (genitive h?l?s); 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 ? ????? ??? or materia prima

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

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, 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 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 ??? (húl?).

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English helden, from Old English hieldan, from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan.

Verb

hyle

1. to pour, as liquor or rain.

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Conjunction

whyle

1. Obsolete spelling of while