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ἀπορρόη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπορρόη

Structure: ἀπορρο (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)porre/w

Sense

  1. a flowing off, stream
  2. an efflux, emanation

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

  • αἵματοσ δ’ ἀπορροαὶ ἐσ οἶδμ’ ἐσηκόντιζον οὔριοι ξένῳ. (Euripides, Helen, episode 5:8)
  • καὶ μὴν αἱ τέχναι μικραί τινεσ εἶναι λέγονται φρονήσεισ, μᾶλλον δ’ ἀπορροαὶ φρονήσεωσ καὶ ἀποτρίμματα ἐνδιεσπαρμένα ταῖσ χρείαισ ταῖσ περὶ τὸν βίον, ὥσπερ αἰνίττεται τὸ πῦρ ὑπὸ τοῦ Προμηθέωσ μερισθὲν ἄλλο ἄλλῃ διασπαρῆναι. (Plutarch, De fortuna, chapter, section 4 6:1)
  • καίτοι λεπταί τινεσ ἀπορροαὶ καὶ ἀμυδραὶ τῆσ ἀληθείασ ἔνεισι ταῖσ Αἰγυπτίων ἐνδιεσπαρμέναι μυθολογίαισ, ἀλλ’ ἰχνηλάτου δεινοῦ δέονται καὶ μεγάλα μικροῖσ ἑλεῖν δυναμένου. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 17 27:1)
  • σκόπει δή, κατ’ Ἐμπεδοκλέα γνοὺσ ὅτι πάντων εἰσὶν ἀπορροαὶ ὅσσ’ ἐγένοντο· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 19 6:2)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἄστροισ λόγοι καὶ εἴδη καὶ ἀπορροαὶ τοῦ θεοῦ μένουσι, τὰ δὲ τοῖσ παθητικοῖσ διεσπαρμένα, γῇ καὶ θαλάττῃ καὶ φυτοῖσ καὶ ζῴοισ, διαλυόμενα καὶ φθειρόμενα καὶ θαπτόμενα, πολλάκισ αὖθισ ἐκλάμπει καὶ ἀναφαίνεται ταῖσ γενέσεσι. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 59 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. a flowing off

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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