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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

δίδου σοφῷ ἀφορμήν, καὶ σοφώτεροσ ἔσται. γνώριζε δικαίῳ, καὶ προσθήσει τοῦ δέχεσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 9:9)
προσελθὼν δὲ τοῖσ κοινοῖσ, οὐκ εἰσ δίκασ καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ τῆσ λογογραφίασ ἐργασίαν ἔθηκα τὸν πόνον, ἀλλ’ εἰσ τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματοσ παρρησίαν ἣ τοῖσ μὲν λέγουσιν ἐπισφαλῆ παρέχεται τὸν βίον, τοῖσ δ’ εὐλαβουμένοισ μεγίστην δίδωσιν ἀφορμὴν πρὸσ κατόρθωσιν· (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 8:2)
μετὰ δὲ Θεμιστοκλέα Ἀρχίασ, ἐφ’ οὗ παραινεῖ τοῖσ Ἀθηναίοισ μὴ κωλύειν Φίλιππον τῆσ Ἀμφικτυονίασ μετέχειν μηδὲ ἀφορμὴν διδόναι πολέμου νεωστὶ πεποιημένουσ τὴν πρὸσ αὐτὸν εἰρήνην· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 10 2:2)
οὐ δὴ δεῖ τὴν εὐποιίαν τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην ἐσ τὸ λοιπόν μοι γενέσθαι, οὐδὲ τὸ ἑκόντα εὐεργετῆσαι ἀφορμὴν τοῦ ἄκοντα κελεύεσθαι καταστῆναι, οὐδὲ ἔθοσ ὑπάρξαι τοῦτο, τὸ ἅπαξ τινὰ ἰασάμενον πάντασ ἐσ ἀεὶ θεραπεύειν ὁπόσουσ ἂν ὁ θεραπευθεὶσ θέλῃ· (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 25:1)
καὶ εἰή γε, ὦ φίλτατε Ἀσκληπιέ, τοιοῦτον φανῆναι τὸν λόγον, ὡσ μὴ ἀπολογίαν, ἀλλ̓ ἐπιδείξεωσ ἀφορμὴν εἶναι δοκεῖν. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 33:2)

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

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a starting-point

a starting-point

the means with which one begins

the capital

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Sense

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Synonyms

a starting-point

a starting-point

the means with which one begins

the capital

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