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ἀναπλήρωσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀναπλήρωσις

Structure: ἀναπληρωσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from a)naplhro/w

Sense

  1. a filling up

Examples

  • ἐνδεεῖσ γὰρ γενομένουσ καὶ προλυπηθέντασ ἥδεσθαι τῇ ἀναπληρώσει. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10 27:5)
  • "ἀλλὰ τῇ φύσει τὸ οἰκεῖον ἀποδούσ , ἑαυτὸν δέ πωσ ἀπογαληνίσασ ἀναπληρώσει, νέασ ἐπιρροῆσ τοῖσ κενώμασι γιγνομένησ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 18:21)

Synonyms

  1. a filling up

Related

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

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