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ἀπόφασις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόφασις

Structure: ἀποφασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)po/fhmi

Sense

  1. a denial, negation

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

  • καὶ ἐκπώματα ἦν χρυσᾶ καὶ διάκονοι ὡραῖοι καὶ μουσουργοὶ καὶ γελωτοποιοὶ μεταξύ, καὶ ὅλωσ ἡδίστη τισ ἦν ἡ διατριβή, πλὴν ἀλλ’ ἕν με ἐλύπει οὐ μετρίωσ, ὁ Θεσμόπολισ ἐνοχλῶν καὶ ἀρετήν τινα πρόσ με διεξιὼν καὶ διδάσκων ὡσ αἱ δύο ἀποφάσεισ μίαν κατάφασιν ἀποτελοῦσι καὶ ὡσ εἰ ἡμέρα ἐστί, νὺξ οὐκ ἔστιν, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ κέρατα ἔφασκεν εἶναί μοι· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 11:6)
  • οὓσ δ’ ἡ πόλισ ἅπασα οὐ δύναται ἀναγκάσαι τὰ δίκαια ποιεῖν, κατὰ τούτων ἡ βουλὴ ψευδεῖσ ἀποφάσεισ πεποίηται; (Dinarchus, Speeches, 9:7)
  • ἢ τὴν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλὴν Δημοσθένην καὶ Δημάδην καὶ Κηφισοφῶντα ζητήσασαν ἓξ μῆνασ ἀδίκωσ εἰσ ὑμᾶσ πεποιῆσθαι τὰσ ἀποφάσεισ; (Dinarchus, Speeches, 53:4)
  • ἀνάγκη τὴν βουλήν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ, τὴν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάλου κατὰ δύο τρόπουσ ποιεῖσθαι τὰσ ἀποφάσεισ πάσασ. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 61:1)
  • ἐξέβαλεσ σὺ Χαρῖνον ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐπὶ προδοσίᾳ κατὰ τὰσ τῆσ βουλῆσ ἀποφάσεισ καὶ τιμωρίασ. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 76:3)

Synonyms

  1. a denial

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Derived

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

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