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ἀφορμή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφορμή

Structure: ἀφορμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

a starting-point, a base of operations, a place of safety
a starting-point, the origin, occasion or pretext of, occasion
the means with which one begins, resources, means for undertaking
the capital

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀφορμή	ἀφορμᾱ́	ἀφορμαί
Genitive	ἀφορμῆς	ἀφορμαῖν	ἀφορμῶν
Dative	ἀφορμῇ	ἀφορμαῖν	ἀφορμαῖς
Accusative	ἀφορμήν	ἀφορμᾱ́	ἀφορμᾱ́ς
Vocative	ἀφορμή	ἀφορμᾱ́	ἀφορμαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ἀνθ̓ ὧν ἡ ἀφορμὴ ὑμῶν ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν κύκλῳ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ νομίμοισ μου οὐκ ἐπορεύθητε καὶ τὰ δικαιώματά μου οὐκ ἐποιήσατε, ἀλλ̓ οὐδὲ κατὰ τὰ δικαιώματα τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν κύκλῳ ὑμῶν οὐ πεποιήκατε, (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 5:7)
ὡσ Δημοσθένησ εἶπεν, ἀλλὰ τὸ εὐτυχεῖν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀφορμὴ τοῦ κακῶσ πράττειν τοῖσ μὴ φρονοῦσιν. (Plutarch, De fortuna, chapter, section 6 5:1)
καὶ οὐκ ἐξήρκεσεν αὐτῷ τοσαῦτα καὶ τηλικαῦτα τὴν πόλιν ἀδικῆσαι, ἀλλ’ οἰκῶν ἐν Μεγάροισ, οἷσ παρ’ ὑμῶν ἐξεκομίσατο χρήμασιν ἀφορμῇ χρώμενοσ, ἐκ τῆσ Ἠπείρου παρὰ Κλεοπάτρασ εἰσ Λευκάδα ἐσιτήγει καὶ ἐκεῖθεν εἰσ Κόρινθον. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 38:3)
καὶ τὸ γνωμολογεῖν δὲ τῆσ σεμνότητόσ ἐστιν, οἱο͂ν τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀφορμὴ τοῦ κακῶσ φρονεῖν τοῖσ ἀνοήτοισ γίνεται. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 16:1)
περίοδοσ δὲ ἐκ μὲν ἑνὸσ κώλου συνίσταται, ὡσ τὸ τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀφορμὴ τοῦ κακῶσ φρονεῖν τοῖσ ἀνοήτοισ γίνεται, αἱ δὲ ἐκ δύο κώλων, ὥσπερ τὸ τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ τι μὴ δοῦναι γνώμῃ χρησαμένων ἐστὶν ἔργον ἀνθρώπων, τὸ δὲ τοὺσ ἔχοντασ ἀφελέσθαι φθονούντων. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 4:1)

Synonyms

a starting-point
- ὁρμητήριον (a starting place, military position, base of operations)
a starting-point
- ὑπόθεσις (occasion, excuse, pretext)
the means with which one begins
- ἐξουσίᾱ (means, resources)
the capital
- ἐπίκρανον (the capital)
- συνοίκισις (union with the capital)
- κιόκρανον (the capital of a column)
- καρανιστήρ (beheading, capital)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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ἀφορμή

Sense

Declension

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Synonyms

a starting-point

a starting-point

the means with which one begins

the capital

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ἀφορμή

Sense

Declension

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Synonyms

a starting-point

a starting-point

the means with which one begins

the capital

Similar forms

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