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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

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

  • πρεσβύτεροι ἐν ταῖσ πλατείαισ ἐκάθηντο, πάντεσ περὶ ἀγαθῶν ἐκοινολογοῦντο, καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ἐνεδύσαντο δόξασ καὶ στολὰσ πολέμου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 14:9)
  • καὶ τὰσ μὲν πατρῴουσ τιμὰσ ἐν οὐδενὶ τιθέμενοι, τὰσ δὲ Ἑλληνικὰσ δόξασ καλλίστασ ἡγούμενοι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:15)
  • ἐπειδὰν τοίνυν ἀποθάνῃ τισ, οὕτω ποιοῦσιν ‐ μᾶλλον δὲ πρότερον εἰπεῖν βούλομαι ἅστινασ περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θανάτου δόξασ ἔχουσιν· (Lucian, (no name) 1:2)
  • εὑρὼν γὰρ τὰσ Ἐπικούρου κυρίασ δόξασ, τὸ κάλλιστον, ὡσ οἶσθα, τῶν βιβλίων καὶ κεφαλαιώδη περιέχον τῆσ τἀνδρὸσ σοφίασ τὰ δόγματα, κομίσασ εἰσ τὴν ἀγορὰν μέσην ἔκαυσεν ἐπὶ ξύλων συκίνων ὡσ δῆθεν αὐτὸν καταφλέγων, καὶ τὴν σποδὸν εἰσ τὴν θάλασσαν ἐξέβαλεν, ἔτι καὶ χρησμὸν ἐπιφθεγξάμενοσ Πυρπολέειν κέλομαι δόξασ ἀλαοῖο γέροντοσ οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὁ κατάρατοσ ὅσων ἀγαθῶν τὸ βιβλίον ἐκεῖνο τοῖσ ἐντυχοῦσιν αἴτιον γίγνεται, καὶ ὅσην αὐτοῖσ εἰρήνην καὶ ἀταραξίαν καὶ ἐλευθερίαν ἐνεργάζεται, δειμάτων μὲν καὶ φασμάτων καὶ τεράτων ἀπαλλάττον καὶ ἐλπίδων ματαίων καὶ περιττῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, νοῦν δὲ καὶ ἀλήθειαν ἐντιθὲν καὶ καθαῖρον ὡσ ἀληθῶσ τὰσ γνώμασ, οὐχ ὑπὸ δᾳδὶ καὶ σκίλλῃ καὶ ταῖσ τοιαύταισ φλυαρίαισ, ἀλλὰ λόγῳ ὀρθῷ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ καὶ παρρησίᾳ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 47:2)

Synonyms

  1. expectation

  2. opinion

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