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ἀωρία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀωρία ἀωρίας

Structure: ἀωρι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: a)/wros

Sense

  1. a wrong time, too late, at an unseasonable time, so late

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

  • ψυχῆσ τὸ παθητικὸν καὶ τιτανικὸν καὶ ἄλογον καὶ ἔμπληκτον τοῦ δὲ σωματικοῦ τὸ ἐπίκηρον καὶ νοσῶδεσ καὶ ταρακτικὸν ἀωρίαισ καὶ δυσκρασίαισ, καὶ κρύψεσιν ἡλίου καὶ ἀφανισμοῖσ σελήνησ, οἱο͂ν ἐκδρομαὶ καὶ ἀφανισμοὶ Τυφῶνοσ καὶ τοὔνομα κατηγορεῖ τὸ Σήθ, ᾧ τὸν Τυφῶνα καλοῦσι· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 49 3:2)
  • ὅπου γὰρ εἰ καὶ ζῶντασ ἐλέγχειν ἐβούλετο, οὐκ ἀπόντων γε κατηγορεῖν εἰκὸσ ἦν, οὐδὲ πρὸσ ἄλλουσ τινὰσ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ λέγειν, ἦ που τό γε παντελῶσ οὕτωσ ἐρήμην ἀγωνίσασθαι ἀωρία. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 187:7)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀωρία πολλὴ τῆσ αἰσχύνησ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 16:8)
  • προέφθασα ἐν ἀωρίᾳ καὶ ἐκέκραξα, εἰσ τοὺσ λόγουσ σου ἐπήλπισα. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 118:147)
  • διὰ τοῦτο ἀπέστη ἡ κρίσισ ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταλάβῃ αὐτοὺσ δικαιοσύνη. ὑπομεινάντων αὐτῶν φῶσ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖσ σκότοσ, μείναντεσ αὐγὴν ἐν ἀωρίᾳ περιεπάτησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 59:9)
  • ἐν τοῖσ τοιούτοισ μέντοι καιροῖσ καὶ τοιαύτῃ πραγμάτων ἀωρίᾳ καὶ συγχύσει τῶν πάντων ἀνὴρ ἐκεῖνοσ ἑστηκὼσ οὐκ ἠπόρησεν, οὐδ’ ἐξεπλάγη, οὐδ’ ηὔξατο αὑτῷ χανεῖν τὴν γῆν, οὐδ’ εὐδαιμόνισε τοὺσ πάλαι κειμένουσ, οὐδ’ ἔπαθε ταὐτὸ τοῖσ πολλοῖσ, ἀλλὰ κατέστη τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν ἀντ’ ἀγαθοῦ δαίμονοσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 66:2)

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

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