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ἀποφυγή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποφυγή

Structure: ἀποφυγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. an escape or place of refuge, escape from

Declension

First 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

  • τρόπου ἀνελεῖν με ζητοῦντασ ‐ διῄρητο δὲ ἡμῶν τότε ἡ πόλισ ‐ μίαν ταύτην ἀποφυγὴν καὶ ἀσφάλειαν εὑρ́ισκον, τὴν αὐτὴν ἅμα καὶ τῇ πόλει σωτηρίαν, εἰ ἐπιθέμενοσ τῇ ἀρχῇ ἐκείνουσ μὲν ἀναστείλαιμι καὶ παύσαιμι ἐπιβουλεύοντασ, τὴν πόλιν δὲ σωφρονεῖν καταναγκάσαιμι· (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 2:3)
  • ἄλλοσ δὲ τῶν ἐφόρων, οἱο͂ν ἐνδιδοὺσ τῷ Ἄγιδι καὶ δεικνύων ἀποφυγὴν τῆσ αἰτίασ, ἠρώτησεν εἰ ταῦτα ἔπραξεν ὑπὸ Λυσάνδρου καὶ Ἀγησιλάου βιασθείσ. (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 19 4:2)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺσ θεοὺσ δήπου ποιούμεθα μάρτυρασ, αἰτούμενοι ταῖσ εὐχαῖσ παρ’ αὐτῶν μάλιστα μὲν κτῆσιν ἀγαθῶν, εἰ δὲ μή, κακῶν ἀποφυγήν, τὸ δὲ μήτ’ ἀγαθὸν μήτε κακὸν ἀντὶ μὲν τἀγαθοῦ μὴ θέλοντεσ ἔχειν ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ κακοῦ θέλοντεσ. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 12 2:2)
  • "καὶ πρὸσ ταῦτα μὲν οὐκ ἀποκαμοῦνται μαχόμενοι καὶ βιαζόμενοι πάντασ ἀνθρώπουσ, ἀγαθὸν μὲν ἡγεῖσθαι τὴν τῶν κακῶν ἀποφυγήν, κακὸν δὲ μηκέτι νομίζειν τὴν τῶν ἀγαθῶν στέρησιν· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 311)
  • πάντων δὲ μέγιστον κακῶν ἀνθρώποισ τοῖσ πολλοῖσ ἔμφυτον ἐν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ ἐστιν, οὗ πᾶσ αὑτῷ συγγνώμην ἔχων ἀποφυγὴν οὐδεμίαν μηχανᾶται· (Plato, Laws, book 5 34:1)
  • Μάλιστα δὲ χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα διαφυγεῖν, ἅμα ἤν τισ καλὴν ἔχῃ τὴν ἀποφυγήν‧ αἵ τε γὰρ ἐλπίδεσ ὀλίγαι, καὶ οἱ κίνδυνοι πολλοί‧ καὶ μὴ ἐμβάλλων ἄτεχνοσ ἂν δοκέοι εἶναι, καὶ ἐμβάλλων ἐγγυτέρω ἂν τοῦ θανάτου ἀγάγοι, ἢ τῆσ σωτηρίησ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 37.5)

Synonyms

  1. an escape or place of refuge

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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