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ἀφορμή

First declension Noun; Feminine

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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

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

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Examples

ταῦτα μὲν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα πολλὰ ἕτερα εἴποι τισ ἂν οἱο͂σ σὺ κατηγορῶν ἐν οὕτωσ ἀμφιλαφεῖ τῇ ὑποθέσει καὶ μυρίασ τὰσ ἀφορμὰσ παρεχομένῃ· (Lucian, Apologia 19:1)
τοιγάρτοι μυρίασ ἤδη τοῖσ τραγῳδοδιδασκάλοισ ἀφορμὰσ εἰσ τὰ δράματα τὸ τοιοῦτο παρέσχηται, τοὺσ Λαβδακίδασ καὶ τοὺσ Πελοπίδασ καὶ τὰ τούτοισ παραπλήσια· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 1:4)
ἐνίοτε μέντοι καὶ ὁ ἀκροώμενοσ αὐτὸσ ὑποβάλλει τῆσ διαβολῆσ τὰσ ἀφορμάσ, καὶ πρὸσ τὸν ἐκείνου τρόπον οἱ κακοήθεισ αὐτοὶ ἁρμοζόμενοι εὐστοχοῦσιν. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 14:1)
@Οὗτοι παραληφθέντεσ οἱ συγγραφεῖσ ἀρκέσουσι τοῖσ ἀσκοῦσι τὸν πολιτικὸν λόγον ἀφορμὰσ ἐπιτηδείουσ παραδειγμάτων παρασχεῖν εἰσ ἅπασαν ἰδέαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 6 11:4)
οἷσ ὁ Λυσίασ μὲν ἥκιστα κέχρηται, Δημοσθένησ δὲ ὁ παρὰ τουτουὶ τὰσ ἀφορμὰσ λαβὼν ἀφειδέστερον, οἱο͂ν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 132)

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)

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

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ἀφορμή

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a starting-point

a starting-point

the means with which one begins

the capital

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a starting-point

a starting-point

the means with which one begins

the capital

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