ἀπόστολος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
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
