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ἀναφώνησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀναφώνησις

Structure: ἀναφωνησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from a)nafwne/w

Sense

  1. an outcry, ejaculation

Declension

Third 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.

Examples

  • διὸ καί τῆσ συμφορᾶσ τίθενται σημεῖον ἐκείνην τὴν ἀναφώνησιν. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 24 5:2)
  • παρὰ τὰ ἔργα καὶ τὰ πάθη καὶ τὰσ τύχασ ἀποφάσεισ καὶ ἀναφωνήσεισ, ὥσπερ ἐν κατόπτροισ καθαρῶσ παρέχουσι τὴν ἑκάστου διάνοιαν ἀποθεωρεῖν. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 1 7:1)
  • καὶ παρ’ Ἕλλησιν ἡγεμόνων καὶ νομοθετῶν καὶ αὐτοκρατόρων ἀλλὰ τῶν μὲν πράξεων αἱ πολλαὶ τύχην ἀναμεμιγμένην ἔχουσιν, αἱ δὲ γιγνόμεναι παρὰ τὰ ἔργα καὶ τὰ πάθη καὶ τὰσ τύχασ ἀποφάσεισ καὶ ἀναφωνήσεισ, ὥσπερ ἐν κατόπτροισ καθαρῶσ παρέχουσι τὴν ἑκάστου διάνοιαν ἀποθεωρεῖν. (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 1 3:1)
  • Τροφὴ δὲ καθαρὴ, εὔχυμοσ, εὔπεπτοσ, ἁπλῆ· καὶ δίαιτα εὐκρινὴσ πάντη, καὶ ἐν ὕπνοισι, καὶ περιπάτοισι, καὶ χώρῃσι· γυμνάσια, δρόμοι, καὶ ἀνειλήσιεσ , καὶ κωρυκοβολίαι· ἅπαντα ἀκάματα ξὺν ἐμμελεῖ ἐπιτάσι· ἔστω δὲ καὶ ἀναφώνησισ , τοῦ πνεύματοσ γυμνάσιον τὸ καίριον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 117)

Synonyms

  1. an outcry

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

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