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ἀποτροπή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποτροπή

Structure: ἀποτροπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)potre/pw

Sense

  1. a turning away, averting
  2. a hindering, prevention
  3. desertion of one's party

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

  • διὸ καὶ χρήσιμον ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα πρὸσ τὴν ἀποτροπὴν τοῖσ πολυπράγμοσιν ἡ τῶν προεγνωσμένων ἀνάμνησισ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 101)
  • μέγιστον μέντοι πρὸσ τὴν τοῦ πάθουσ ἀποτροπὴν ὁ ἐθισμόσ, ἐὰν πόρρωθεν ἀρξάμενοι γυμνάζωμεν ἑαυτοὺσ καὶ διδάσκωμεν ἐπὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐγκράτειαν καὶ γὰρ ἡ αὔξησισ ἔθει γέγονε τοῦ νοσήματοσ κατὰ μικρὸν εἰσ τὸ πρόσω χωροῦντοσ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 111)
  • διὸ καὶ χρήσιμον ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα πρὸσ τὴν ἀποτροπὴν τοῖσ πολυπράγμοσιν ἡ τῶν προεγνωσμένων ἀνάμνησισ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 101)
  • μέγιστον μέντοι πρὸσ τὴν τοῦ πάθουσ ἀποτροπὴν ὁ ἐθισμόσ, ἐὰν πόρρωθεν ἀρξάμενοι γυμνάζωμεν ἑαυτοὺσ καὶ διδάσκωμεν ἐπὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐγκράτειαν· (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 111)
  • τοῖσ παισὶν ἐπεδείκνυον τοὺσ εἵλωτασ μεθύσαντεσ εἰσ ἀποτροπὴν πολυοινίασ. (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 301)

Synonyms

  1. a turning away

  2. a hindering

  3. desertion of one's party

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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