ἀπόστολος?
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration: apostolos
Principal Part:
ἀπόστολος
ἀποστόλου
Structure:
ἀποστολ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- one who is sent
- messenger, envoy, ambassador
- (biblical) apostle
Declension
Second 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.
- ὡς γὰρ ἠγγέλθη Φίλιππος ἀσθενῶν ἢ τεθνεώς ἦλθε γὰρ ἀμφότερα, οὐκέτι καιρὸν οὐδένα τοῦ βοηθεῖν νομίσαντες ἀφεῖτ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τὸν ἀπόστολον. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 8:3)
- " καὶ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον, ὅπως μὴ στεροῖντο τῆς διανομῆς, ἀφέντων τὸν ἀπόστολον, ἔλυσε τὸ πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον ἔγκλημα τοῦ δήμου. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 25 1:4)
- ἀγανακτήσασα δ ἡ βουλὴ ἐφ οἷς ἐγὼ ἐπεπόνθειν, καὶ ἰδοῦσά με ὡς διεκείμην, καὶ ἡγησαμένη ὑβρίσθαι οὐκ ἐμέ, ἀλλ ἑαυτὴν καὶ τὸν δῆμον τὸν ψηφισάμενον καὶ τὸν νόμον τὸν ἀναγκάσαντα εἰσπράττειν τὰ σκεύη, ἐκέλευεν εἰσαγγέλλειν με, καὶ τοὺς πρυτάνεις προγράφειν αὐτῷ τὴν κρίσιν ἐπὶ δύο ἡμέρας ὡς ἀδικοῦντι καὶ διακωλύοντι τὸν ἀπόστολον, διότι τὰ σκεύη οὐκ ἀπεδίδου καὶ τὰ ἐνέχυρα ἀφείλετο καὶ ἐμὲ συνέκοψεν τὸν εἰσπράττοντα καὶ ὑπηρετοῦντα τῇ πόλει. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 54:2)
- ὧν ἀκούοντες τότε ὑμεῖς ἐν τῷ δήμῳ αὐτῶν τε λεγόντων καὶ τῶν συναγορευόντων αὐτοῖς, ἔτι δὲ τῶν ἐμπόρων καὶ τῶν ναυκλήρων περὶ ἔκπλουν ὄντων ἐκ τοῦ Πόντου, καὶ Βυζαντίων καὶ Καλχηδονίων καὶ Κυζικηνῶν καταγόντων τὰ πλοῖα ἕνεκα τῆς ἰδίας χρείας τοῦ σίτου, καὶ ὁρῶντες ἐν τῷ Πειραιεῖ τὸν σῖτον ἐπιτιμώμενον καὶ οὐκ ὄντα ἄφθονον ὠνεῖσθαι, ἐψηφίσασθε τάς τε ναῦς καθέλκειν τοὺς τριηράρχους καὶ παρακομίζειν ἐπὶ τὸ χῶμα, καὶ τοὺς βουλευτὰς καὶ τοὺς δημάρχους καταλόγους ποιεῖσθαι τῶν δημοτῶν καὶ ἀποφέρειν ναύτας, καὶ διὰ τάχους τὸν ἀπόστολον ποιεῖσθαι καὶ βοηθεῖν ἑκασταχοῖ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 8:1)
- ὑμεῖς δὲ <δέκα> τριήρεις αὐτοῖς ἔδοτε καὶ τἆλλα ἐψηφίσασθε, ἀργυρίου δ εἰς τὸν ἀπόστολον ἠπόρουν. (Lysias, Speeches, 25:2)
Synonyms
-
one who is sent
-
messenger
-
apostle
