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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

  • καὶ τὸ τοῦ Πέρσου καὶ τὸ τοῦ Λίβυοσ ἀπόφθεγμα εὖ ἂν ἔχοι. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 37:1)
  • 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)
  • ἀπόφθεγμα αὐτοῦ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. d'. PITTAKOS 6:6)
  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. a thing uttered

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