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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

  • ἔστι δ’ οὓσ κύλικα μὲν λαβόντα καὶ πιεῖν ὅσον ἂν ἐθέλῃ καὶ ἀποδοῦναι τὸ λεῖπον, ἐν δὲ τῷ λόγῳ μάλιστα δεῖ τοῦ σοφοῦ τούτου μνημονεύειν ἀποφθέγματοσ ὧν αἱ ἀρχαὶ οὐκ ἀναγκαῖαι, τὰ τέλη ἀναγκαῖαι οὐκ οὖν ἀναγκαῖον ὑποθέσθαι, μᾶλλον δ’ ὑφελέσθαι Δημοκρίτου, ἀτόμουσ εἶναι τῶν ὅλων ἀρχάσ· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 819)

Synonyms

  1. a thing uttered

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