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ἀπόφθεγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόφθεγμα ἀποφθέγματος

Structure: ἀποφθεγματ (Stem)

Etym.: a)pofqe/ggomai

Sense

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

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀπόφθεγμα ἀποφθέγματε ἀποφθέγματα
Genitive ἀποφθέγματος ἀποφθεγμάτοιν ἀποφθεγμάτων
Dative ἀποφθέγματι ἀποφθεγμάτοιν ἀποφθέγμασιν*
Accusative ἀπόφθεγμα ἀποφθέγματε ἀποφθέγματα
Vocative ἀπόφθεγμα ἀποφθέγματε ἀποφθέγματα

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

  • τίσ οὐκ ἂν εἴποι τῶν ἀποφθεγμάτων τούτων τῷ μὲν ἀποφαίνεσθαι φιληδονίαν, τῷ δ’ ἀθεότητα, τῷ δ’ ἀδικίαν καὶ πλεονεξίαν; (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 9 5:1)
  • τῶν δ’ ἀληθινῶν ἀποφθεγμάτων Ἀλεξάνδρου πρῶτον ἄν τισ τὰ παιδικὰ διέλθοι ποδωκέστατοσ γὰρ τῶν ἐφ’ ἡλικίασ νέων γενόμενοσ καὶ τῶν ἑταίρων αὐτὸν ἐπ’ Ὀλύμπια παρορμώντων, ἠρώτησεν, εἰ βασιλεῖσ ἀγωνίζονται· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 9 8:1)
  • τίσ οὐκ ἂν εἴποι τῶν ἀποφθεγμάτων τούτων τῷ μὲν ἀποφαίνεσθαι φιληδονίαν, τῷ δ’ ἀθεότητα, τῷ δ’ ἀδικίαν καὶ πλεονεξίαν; (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 9 1:1)
  • τῶν δ’ ἀληθινῶν ἀποφθεγμάτων Ἀλεξάνδρου πρῶτον ἄν τισ τὰ παιδικὰ διέλθοι. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 9 2:5)
  • τῆσ δὲ πρὸσ τὰ μήκη τῶν λόγων διαβολῆσ δείγματα τοιαῦτα τῶν ἀποφθεγμάτων ἐστί. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 20 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a thing uttered

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