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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

  • "καὶ γὰρ ὁ τῶν θηρίων βίοσ τοιοῦτόσ ἐστιν, ὅτι τῆσ ἡδονῆσ οὐδὲν ἐπίσταται κάλλιον οὐδὲ δίκην θεῶν οἶδεν οὐδὲ σέβεται τῆσ τὸ κάλλοσ, ἀλλ’ εἴ τι θαρραλέον αὐτοῖσ ἢ πανοῦργον ἢ δραστήριον ἐκ φύσεωσ ἔνεστι, τούτῳ πρὸσ ἡδονὴν σαρκὸσ καὶ ἀποπλήρωσιν ὀρέξεωσ· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 30 1:7)
  • 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)
  • "σὺ δὲ τοὺσ ἐμοὺσ ἐχθροὺσ μάρτυρασ θέμενοσ ὧν εὐεργέτησα Πέρσασ, νῦν ἀπόχρησαι ταῖσ ἐμαῖσ τύχαισ πρὸσ ἐπίδειξιν ἀρετῆσ μᾶλλον ἢ πρὸσ ἀποπλήρωσιν ὀργῆσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 28 1:4)

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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