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ἀπόφθεγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόφθεγμα ἀποφθέγματος

Structure: ἀποφθεγματ (Stem)

Sense

  1. a thing uttered
  2. especially a terse, pointed saying, an apophthegm

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 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)
  • τοῦ δὲ Κορύδου ἀποφθέγματα τάδε ἀναγράφει ὁ Λυγκεύσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 47 1:1)
  • καὶ πρόχειρά γε δεῖ καὶ συχνὰ τῶν ἐπιφανῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν ἔχειν ἀποφθέγματα καὶ μνημονεύειν πρὸσ τοὺσ δυσωποῦντασ· (Plutarch, De vitioso pudore, section 10 3:5)
  • "καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα μὲν ἀποφθέγματα τῶν σοφῶν ταὐτὸν τοῖσ εἰσ στενὸν συνθλιβεῖσι πέπονθε ῥεύμασιν οὐ γὰρ ἔχει τοῦ νοῦ δίοψιν οὐδὲ διαύγειαν, ἀλλ’ ἐὰν σκοπῇσ τί γέγραπται καὶ λέλεκται περὶ αὐτῶν τοῖσ ὅπωσ ἕκαστον ἔχει βουλομένοισ καταμαθεῖν, οὐ ῥᾳδίωσ τούτων λόγουσ ἑτέρουσ εὑρήσεισ μακροτέρουσ. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 296)
  • κἀμοὶ μὲν τὰ καλὰ τῶν ἑταιρῶν ἀποφθέγματα πεπεράνθω μέχρι τούτων ἐπ’ ἄλλο δ’ εἶδοσ μεταβήσομαι λόγων, καὶ πρῶτον γε μνησθήσομαι τοῦ φιλαληθεστάτου Ἐπικούρου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 53 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a thing uttered

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