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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

  • οὔτε γὰρ ἔρωσ σώματοσ ἐνεργόσ, εἰ μὴ μετὰ ζηλοτυπίασ ἔνεστιν, οὔτ’ ἔπαινοσ ἀρετῆσ διάπυροσ καὶ δραστήριοσ ὁ μὴ νύττων μηδὲ κεντρίζων μηδὲ ποιῶν ἀντὶ φθόνου ζῆλον ἐπὶ τοῖσ καλοῖσ, ἀναπληρώσεωσ ὀρεγόμενον. (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 14 3:2)
  • οὐδ’ ἔστιν ἄρα ἡ ἀναπλήρωσισ ἡδονή, ἀλλὰ γινομένησ μὲν ἀναπληρώσεωσ ἥδοιτ’ ἄν τισ, καὶ τεμνόμενοσ λυποῖτο. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10 27:3)

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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