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ἐξαπάτη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξαπάτη

Structure: ἐξαπατ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. gross deceit

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐξαπάτη ἐξαπάτᾱ ἐξαπάται
Genitive ἐξαπάτης ἐξαπάταιν ἐξαπατῶν
Dative ἐξαπάτῃ ἐξαπάταιν ἐξαπάταις
Accusative ἐξαπάτην ἐξαπάτᾱ ἐξαπάτᾱς
Vocative ἐξαπάτη ἐξαπάτᾱ ἐξαπάται

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

  • πλὴν ἀλλὰ χαίρεισ γε καὶ σεαυτὸν ἐξαπατᾷσ καὶ ἀεὶ τὰ μέλλοντα βελτίω γενήσεσθαι νομίζεισ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 21:4)
  • ταύτην δ’ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ τιμὴν ἔχει ἠδὲ λέλογχε μοῖραν ἐν ἀνθρώποισι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι, παρθενίουσ τ’ ὀάρουσ μειδήματά τ’ ἐξαπάτασ τε τέρψιν τε γλυκερὴν φιλότητά τε μειλιχίην τε. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 22:15)
  • τί ὦ κακόδαιμον ἐξαπατᾷσ αὖ τὸν ξένον; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode44)
  • ἃ σὺ γιγνώσκων τόνδ’ ἐξαπατᾷσ καὶ ὀνειροπολεῖσ περὶ σαυτοῦ. (Aristotle, Agon, Epirrheme 1:10)
  • Ὡσ οὐκ ἐθέλεισ διδάξαι με, ἀλλ̓ ἐξαπατᾷσ, ὃσ περὶ τῶν τοιούτων εἰκασμῷ φὴσ καὶ πλήθει κρῖναι ἀποκρυπτόμενοσ λέγειν πρόσ με τἀληθέσ. (Lucian, 33:4)

Similar forms

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

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