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δόξα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δόξα δόξης

Structure: δοξ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: doke/w

Sense

  1. expectation
  2. opinion, judgement, belief
  3. glory, honor

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δόξα δόξᾱ δόξαι
Genitive δόξης δόξαιν δοξῶν
Dative δόξῃ δόξαιν δόξαις
Accusative δόξαν δόξᾱ δόξᾱς
Vocative δόξα δόξᾱ δόξαι

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

  • ἐπὶ γὰρ ποδήρουσ ἐνδύματοσ ἦν ὅλοσ ὁ κόσμοσ, καὶ πατέρων δόξαι ἐπὶ τετραστίχου λίθου γλυφῆσ, καὶ μεγαλωσύνη σου ἐπὶ διαδήματοσ κεφαλῆσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 18:24)
  • Ἐφραὶμ ὡσ ὄρνεον ἐξεπετάσθη, αἱ δόξαι αὐτῶν ἐκ τόκων καὶ ὠδίνων καὶ συλλήψεων. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 9:11)
  • εἰ δὲ μὴ ἐναγώνιοσ ἡ ὄρχησισ, ἐκείνην εἶναί φημι αἰτίαν, τὸ δόξαι τοῖσ ἀγωνοθέταισ μεῖζον καὶ σεμνότερον τὸ πρᾶγμα ἢ ὥστε εἰσ ἐξέτασιν καλεῖσθαι. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 32:1)
  • δόξαι δὲ χρῄζω καὶ πόλει πάσῃ τόδε. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, iambic 1:9)
  • ἐν γὰρ Ἀχαιῶν πλήρει ξυνόδῳ λέγεται δόξαι σὴν παῖδ’ Ἀχιλεῖ σφάγιον θέσθαι· (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests2)

Synonyms

  1. expectation

  2. opinion

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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