eidos

[ ahy-dos, ey- ]

noun

, plural ei·de [ahy, -dee, ey, -dey].

1. the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eidos¹

< Greek eîdos something seen, form; akin to Greek ideîn, Latin vidēre to see; wit ²

Example Sentences

It was, however, in the Aristotelian, and not in its etymological sense, that the Greek eidos was rendered in Latin by species, meaning the subdivision of a genus, the class of a family.

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The specimens that I have examined also show signs of intergradation, but are closer to P. s. eidos.

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This means what makes or constitutes an eidos or species.

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