ἀπόθεσις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀπόθεσις
Structure:
ἀποθεσι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- a laying up in store
- a putting aside, getting rid of
Declension
Third 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.
- 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)
- οὐ γὰρ ἔστι τοῖσ ἀγαθοῖσ ἀκήρυκτοσ καὶ ἄσπονδοσ πρὸσ τὰσ παρὰ τῶν φίλων δωρεὰσ πόλεμοσ, ἀλλὰ τὰσ εἰσ ἀπόθεσιν καὶ πλεονεξίαν ἀγεννεῖσ ἡγούμενοι καὶ ταπεινάσ, ὅσαι φιλοτιμίασ τινὸσ ἀκερδοῦσ ἔχονται καὶ λαμπρότητοσ οὐκ ἀπωθοῦνται. (Plutarch, , chapter 1 5:1)
- αὐξήσει μὲν οὖν, οἱο͂ν εἴ τισ θέλοι τὰ τοῦ μύρμηκοσ ἔργα ἐπαινῶν λέγειν ὅτι οἰκονομικώτατόσ ἐστι περὶ τὴν τῶν καρπῶν συγκομιδὴν καὶ περὶ τὴν τούτων ἀπόθεσιν, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀγαθὸσ προϊδέσθαι τὰσ ὡρ́ασ τῶν θεῶν καὶ φρονιμώτατοσ πρὸσ τοὺσ καιροὺσ παρασκευάζεσθαι, καὶ ὅσα ἄν τισ εὑρ́οι μύρμηκα αὐξῶν. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 11:7)
- ἰσχάδων δὲ ὕστερον ἤλθομεν τῆσ ἀποθέσεωσ, τὰ δὲ μύρτα ἀποτεθέντα κατεσάπη· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 13 12:1)
- περὶ δὲ ἀποθέσεωσ καὶ τροφῆσ τῶν γιγνομένων ἔστω νόμοσ μηδὲν πεπηρωμένον τρέφειν, διὰ δὲ πλῆθοσ τέκνων ἡ τάξισ τῶν ἐθῶν κωλύῃ μηθὲν ἀποτίθεσθαι τῶν γιγνομένων· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 291:2)
- εἰδὼσ ὅτι ταχινή ἐστιν ἡ ἀπόθεσισ τοῦ σκηνώματόσ μου, καθὼσ καὶ ὁ κύριοσ ἡμῶν Ιἠσοῦσ Χριστὸσ ἐδήλωσέν μοι· (PETROU B, chapter 1 16:1)
- τότε δὲ ἐν τῇ Ἀντωνίᾳ, φρούριον δ’ ἐστὶν οὕτωσ λεγόμενον, ἡ ἀπόθεσισ αὐτῆσ ἦν διὰ τοιαύτην αἰτίαν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 18 114:1)
Synonyms
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a laying up in store
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a putting aside