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ἀπόθεσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόθεσις

Structure: ἀποθεσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)poti/qhmi

Sense

  1. a laying up in store
  2. a putting aside, getting rid of

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀπόθεσις ἀποθέσει ἀποθέσεις
Genitive ἀποθέσεως ἀπόθουιν ἀποθέσεων
Dative ἀποθέσει ἀπόθουιν ἀποθέσεσιν*
Accusative ἀπόθεσιν ἀποθέσει ἀποθέσεις
Vocative ἀπόθεσι ἀποθέσει ἀποθέσεις

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

  • μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ἑκατέρωθεν διαρκεῖσ τοῖσ ’ ἀποδυομένοισ ἀποθέσεισ, καὶ μέσοσ οἶκοσ ὕψει τε ὑψηλότατοσ καὶ φωτὶ φαιδρότατοσ, ψυχροῦ ὕδατοσ ἔχων τρεῖσ κολυμβήθρασ, Λακαίνῃ λίθῳ κεκοσμημένοσ, καὶ εἰκόνεσ ἐν αὐτῷ λίθου λευκοῦ τῆσ ἀρχαίασ ἐργασίασ, ἡ μὲν Ὑγιείασ, ἡ δὲ Ἀσκληπιοῦ. (Lucian, (no name) 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. a laying up in store

  2. a putting aside

Similar forms

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

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