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αὔξησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὔξησις

Structure: αὐξησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: au)/cw

Sense

  1. growth, increase

Declension

Third 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

  • καὶ ταῖσ μιαραῖσ χερσὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη λαμβάνων καὶ τὰ ὑπ̓ ἄλλων βασιλέων ἀνατεθέντα πρὸσ αὔξησιν καὶ δόξαν τοῦ τόπου καὶ τιμὴν ταῖσ βεβήλοισ χερσὶ συσσύρων ἐπεδίδου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 5:16)
  • οὐ μόνον τοίνυν ἐλάττοσι πρὸσ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀφορμαῖσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ μείζοσι πρὸσ τὴν αὔξησιν ἐχρήσατο κωλύμασιν Εὐμενήσ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Sertorius and Eumenes, chapter 1 2:3)
  • Ἐφιάλτου δὲ κωλύοντοσ καὶ διαμαρτυρομένου μὴ βοηθεῖν μηδ’ ἀνιστάναι πόλιν ἀντίπαλον ἐπὶ τὰσ Ἀθήνασ, ἀλλ’ ἐᾶν κεῖσθαι καὶ πατηθῆναι τὸ φρόνημα τῆσ Σπάρτησ, Κίμωνά φησι Κριτίασ τὴν τῆσ πατρίδοσ αὔξησιν ἐν ὑστέρῳ θέμενον τοῦ Λακεδαιμονίων συμφέροντοσ ἀναπείσαντα τὸν δῆμον ἐξελθεῖν βοηθοῦντα μετὰ πολλῶν ὁπλιτῶν. (Plutarch, , chapter 16 8:1)
  • πολλῶν μὲν δὴ καὶ ἄλλων ἡ πόλισ ἥδε μήτηρ καὶ τροφὸσ εὐμενὴσ τεχνῶν γέγονε τὰσ μὲν εὑραμένη καὶ ἀναφήνασα πρώτη, ταῖσ δὲ δύναμιν προσθεῖσα καὶ τιμὴν καὶ αὔξησιν οὐχ ἥκιστα δ’ ὑπ’ αὐτῆσ ζωγραφία προῆκται καὶ κεκόσμηται. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 21)
  • πολλῶν μὲν δὴ καὶ ἄλλων ἡ πόλισ ἣδε μήτηρ καὶ τροφὸσ εὐμενὴσ τεχνῶν γέγονε, τὰσ μὲν εὑραμένη καὶ ἀναφήνασα πρώτη, ταῖσ δὲ δύναμιν προσθεῖσα καὶ τιμὴν καὶ αὔξησιν οὐχ ἥκιστα δ’ ὑπ’ αὐτῆσ ζωγραφία προῆκται καὶ κεκόσμηται. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 21)

Synonyms

  1. growth

Related

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

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