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ἀποπλήρωσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποπλήρωσις

Structure: ἀποπληρωσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from a)poplhro/w

Sense

  1. a filling up, satisfying

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ὡσ ἀγγεῖον ὁ νοῦσ ἀποπληρώσεωσ ἀλλ’ ὑπεκκαύματοσ μόνον ὥσπερ ὕλη δεῖται, ὁρμὴν ἐμποιοῦντοσ εὑρετικὴν καὶ ὄρεξιν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 18 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. a filling up

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

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