ἀπόφθεγμα?
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration: apophthegma
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 ἐπ᾿ 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)
