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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

τίσ γὰρ ἀπὸ μειζόνων ἢ καλλιόνων ἀφορμῶν ἀνήγετο, μεγαλοψυχίασ, συνέσεωσ, σωφροσύνησ, ἀνδραγαθίασ, αἷσ αὐτὸν ἐφωδίαζε φιλοσοφία πρὸσ τὴν στρατείαν; (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 43)
συγγραφέων, ὥσπερ Ἀναξιμένησ καὶ Θεόπομποσ ἐν τοῖσ προοιμίοισ τῶν ἱστοριῶν ἐποίησαν, ἀλλὰ τοὺσ ἐμαυτοῦ λογισμοὺσ ἀποδεικνύμενοσ, οἷσ ἐχρησάμην ὅτε ἐπὶ ταύτην ὡρ́μησα τὴν πραγματείαν, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀφορμῶν ἀποδιδοὺσ λόγον, ἐξ ὧν τὴν ἐμπειρίαν ἔλαβον τῶν γραφησομένων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 1 2:1)
ἀποδεδωκὼσ δὲ τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆσ προαιρέσεωσ λόγον ἔτι βούλομαι καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀφορμῶν εἰπεῖν, αἷσ ἐχρησάμην ὅτ’ ἔμελλον ἐπιχειρεῖν τῇ γραφῇ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 7 1:1)
τὰ δ’ ἡμέτερα πράγματα οὐχ οὕτωσ ἔχει, ἀλλ’ ἡ μὲν ὑμετέρα πόλισ ἀπὸ μείζονοσ αὐχήματοσ ἀρχομένη καὶ πλειόνων ἀφορμῶν τυχοῦσα εἰσ ἐλάττονα ὄγκον συνῆκται, ἡμεῖσ δὲ μικρὰσ τὰσ πρώτασ ἀρχὰσ λαβόντεσ ἐν οὐ πολλῷ χρόνῳ μεγίστην τῶν πλησιοχώρων πόλεων τὴν Ῥώμην πεποιήκαμεν τούτοισ τοῖσ πολιτεύμασιν ὧν σὺ κατηγόρεισ χρώμενοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 11 10:2)
περὶ τῶν ἀφορμῶν αἷσ χρησάμενοσ Ἀγαθοκλῆσ τύραννοσ ἐγένετο τῶν Συρακουσίων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter pr3)

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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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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