Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀποφθέγγομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποφθέγγομαι ἀποφθέγξομαι ἀπεφθεγξάμην

Structure: ἀπο (Prefix) + φθέγγ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. I speak my opinion plainly, boldly declare
  2. I utter an apophthegm

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

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 ἐβεβήλουν με πρὸσ τὸν λαόν μου ἕνεκεν δρακὸσ κριθῶν καὶ ἕνεκεν κλασμάτων ἄρτων τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι ψυχάσ, ἃσ οὐκ ἔδει ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ τοῦ περιποιήσασθαι ψυχάσ, ἃσ οὐκ ἔδει ζῆσαι, ἐν τῷ ἀποφθέγγεσθαι ὑμᾶσ λαῷ εἰσακούοντι μάταια ἀποφθέγματα. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 13:19)
  • δοκοῦσι γὰρ ἀσκεῖν ἐκ παιδαρίων εὐθὺσ τὸ γέλοια λέγειν διὸ καὶ συμβέβηκεν αὐτοὺσ ἀποφθέγγεσθαι πολλάκισ εὐκαίρωσ διὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ συνήθειαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 79 2:5)
  • πότερον ὅτι τὸν Πῖκον λέγουσιν ὑπὸ φαρμάκων τῆσ γυναικὸσ μεταβαλεῖν τὴν φύσιν καὶ γενόμενον δρυοκολάπτην ἀποφθέγγεσθαι λόγια καὶ χρησμῳδεῖν τοῖσ ἐρωτῶσιν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 21 1:1)
  • πότερον ὅτι τὸν Πῖκον λέγουσιν ὑπὸ φαρμάκων τῆσ γυναικὸσ μεταβαλεῖν τὴν φύσιν καὶ γενόμενον δρυοκολάπτην ἀποφθέγγεσθαι λόγια καὶ χρησμῳδεῖν τοῖσ ἐρωτῶσιν ἢ τοῦτο μὲν ἄπιστόν ἐστιν ὅλωσ καὶ τερατῶδεσ, ἅτεροσ δὲ τῶν μύθων πιθανώτεροσ, ὡσ ἄρα τοῖσ περὶ Ῥωμύλον καὶ Ῥῶμον ἐκτεθεῖσιν οὐ μόνον λύκαινα θηλὴν ἐπεῖχεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ δρυοκολάπτησ τισ ἐπιφοιτῶν ἐψώμιζεν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 21 1:1)
  • καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν πάντεσ πνεύματοσ ἁγίου, καὶ ἤρξαντο λαλεῖν ἑτέραισ γλώσσαισ καθὼσ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐδίδου ἀποφθέγγεσθαι αὐτοῖσ. (, chapter 1 35:1)

Synonyms

  1. I speak my opinion plainly

  2. I utter an apophthegm

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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