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
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.
- καὶ οὕτω γε φθονερῶσ, ὥσ2τε καὶ τῇ πόλει τῇ ἑαυτοῦ τὰσ φανερὰσ αἰτίασ τοῦ πολέμου περιάπτειν, ἑτέραισ ἔχοντα πολλαῖσ ἀφορμαῖσ περιάψαι τὰσ αἰτίασ, καὶ ἄρξασθαί γε τῆσ διηγήσεωσ μὴ ἀπὸ τῶν Κερκυραϊκῶν, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ τῶν κρατίστων τῆσ πατρίδοσ ἔργων, ἃ μετὰ τὸν Περσικὸν πόλεμον εὐθὺσ ἔπραξεν ὧν ὕστερον οὐκ ἐν ἐπιτηδείῳ τόπῳ μνήμην ἐποιήσατο φαύλωσ πωσ καὶ ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆσ, διελθόντα δὲ ταῦτα μετὰ πολλῆσ εὐνοίασ ὡσ ἄνδρα φιλόπολιν ἔπειτ’ ἐπενεγκεῖν, ὅτι τούτων φθόνῳ καὶ δέει προελθόντεσ Λακεδαιμόνιοι προφάσεισ ὑποθέντεσ ἑτεροίασ ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον, καὶ τότε λέγειν τὰ Κερκυραϊκὰ καὶ τὸ κατὰ Μεγαρέων ψήφισμα καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο τοιοῦτο λέγειν ἐβούλετο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 9:3)
- οὐ μόνον τοίνυν ἐλάττοσι πρὸσ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀφορμαῖσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ μείζοσι πρὸσ τὴν αὔξησιν ἐχρήσατο κωλύμασιν Εὐμενήσ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Sertorius and Eumenes, chapter 1 2:3)
- πολλῶν τοίνυν τοῖσ ἀνδράσιν ὑπαρξάντων καλῶν, ἐν τοῖσ πρώτοισ δὲ τοῦ μεγίστουσ ἐλαχίσταισ ἀφορμαῖσ γενέσθαι, τοῦτο τῷ Δίωνι κάλλιστόν ἐστιν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Dion and Brutus, chapter 1 1:1)
- ἐὰν οὖν ἀλλὰ νῦν γ’ ἔτι ἀπαλλαγέντεσ τούτων τῶν ἐθῶν ἐθελήσητε στρατεύεσθαί τε καὶ πράττειν ἀξίωσ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ταῖσ περιουσίαισ ταῖσ οἴκοι ταύταισ ἀφορμαῖσ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔξω τῶν ἀγαθῶν χρῆσθαι, ἴσωσ ἄν, ἴσωσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, τέλειόν τι καὶ μέγα κτήσαισθ’ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τῶν τοιούτων λημμάτων ἀπαλλαγείητε, ἃ τοῖσ ἀσθενοῦσι παρὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν σιτίοισ διδομένοισ ἐοίκε. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 42:1)
- ὅπου γὰρ ἔτι νῦν τῶν λεγομένων κατὰ τῆσ τύχησ παραδειγμάτων ἐμφανέστατόν ἐστι καὶ μέγιστον ἡ Διονυσίου φυγή, τίνα χρὴ δοκεῖν αὐτῶν ἐκείνων τὴν τότε χαρὰν γενέσθαι καὶ πηλίκον φρονῆσαι τοὺσ τὴν μεγίστην τῶν πώποτε τυραννίδων καθελόντασ ἐλαχίσταισ ἀφορμαῖσ; (Plutarch, Dion, chapter 50 3:1)
Synonyms
-
a starting-point
- ὁρμητήριον (a starting place, military position, base of operations)
-
a starting-point
-
the means with which one begins
-
the capital