ἀπόφθεγμα
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀπόφθεγμα
ἀποφθέγματος
Structure:
ἀποφθεγματ
(Stem)
Sense
- a thing uttered
- 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.
- 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)
- καὶ τὸ τοῦ Πέρσου καὶ τὸ τοῦ Λίβυοσ ἀπόφθεγμα εὖ ἂν ἔχοι. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 37:1)
- 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)
- τοῦ δὲ Κορύδου ἀποφθέγματα τάδε ἀναγράφει ὁ Λυγκεύσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 47 1:1)
- 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 5:1)
- προσδοκάσθω ὡσ ὑετὸσ τὸ ἀπόφθεγμά μου, καὶ καταβήτω ὡσ δρόσοσ τὰ ρήματά μου, ὡσεὶ ὄμβροσ ἐπ̓ ἄγνωστιν καὶ ὡσεὶ νιφετὸσ ἐπὶ χόρτον. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:2)
- καὶ φέρεται αὐτοῦ ἀπόφθεγμα τόδε· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , section11)
- Σοφοκλῆσ μὲν οὖν ἐν ταῖσ Ἐλεγείαισ Σόλωνόσ φησιν αὐτὸ εἶναι ἀπόφθεγμα, Θεόφραστοσ δὲ τῷ Παροιμιῶν καὶ Ἀριστοτέλησ Βίαντοσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 9)
- Ἀναξαγόρου δὲ καὶ ἀπόφθεγμα μνημονεύεται πρὸσ τῶν ἑταίρων τινάσ, ὅτι τοιαῦτ’ αὐτοῖσ ἔσται τὰ ὄντα οἱᾶ ἂν ὑπολάβωσιν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 4 140:2)
