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ἀποστροφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποστροφή

Structure: ἀποστροφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)postre/fomai

Sense

  1. a turning back
  2. a turning away from, an escape from
  3. a resort, resource, a resource or means for getting

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀποστροφή ἀποστροφᾱ́ ἀποστροφαί
Genitive ἀποστροφῆς ἀποστροφαῖν ἀποστροφῶν
Dative ἀποστροφῇ ἀποστροφαῖν ἀποστροφαῖς
Accusative ἀποστροφήν ἀποστροφᾱ́ ἀποστροφᾱ́ς
Vocative ἀποστροφή ἀποστροφᾱ́ ἀποστροφαί

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

  • αἱ γὰρ σφοδραὶ περὶ τὰ πράγματα πτοῖαι καὶ παρ’ ἀξίαν ἐφέσεισ καὶ διώξεισ ἢ πάλιν ἀποστροφαὶ καὶ διαβολαὶ τὰσ πρὸσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐγγεννῶσιν ὑποψίασ καὶ δυσκολίασ, ὑφ’ ὧν τὰ μὲν ἀποστερεῖσθαι τοῖσ δὲ περιπίπτειν δοκοῦμεν. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 7 11:1)
  • καὶ αἵ τε μακραὶ ἐλάσεισ μᾶλλον ἢ αἱ πυκναὶ ἀποστροφαὶ πραύ̈νουσι τοὺσ ἵππουσ, καὶ αἱ ἡσυχαῖαι μέν, πολυχρόνιοι δὲ καθέψουσι καὶ πραύ̈νουσι καὶ οὐκ ἀνεγείρουσι τὸν θυμοειδῆ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. a turning back

  2. a turning away from

  3. a resort

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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