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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

  • πείθεται τοῖσ λόγοισ ὁ μάντισ οὐδεμίαν δεδοικὼσ ἐξαπάτην καὶ τοὺσ συνόντασ αὐτῷ μεταστῆναι κελεύσασ αὐτὸσ ἠκολούθει μόνοσ τῷ λοχαγῷ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 12, chapter 11 6:1)
  • ἔτι τοίνυν εἰ διαρρήδην μὲν παρὰ πάντων ὁμολογεῖται δεινούσ τινασ Ἀθηναίουσ μάλιστα πάντων τὰ δέοντα ξυνορᾶν καὶ ὃ τούτου κάλλιον, τῶν εὑρόντων ἄμεινον χρῆσθαι, σὺ δ’ οἷσ αὐτοὺσ φάσκεισ πρὸσ ἐξαπάτην ἔχειν ἑτοίμωσ, εἰσ Μελητίδασ ἐντάττεισ, ἡδέωσ ἄν σε ἐροίμην ποτέροισ δή τισιν ἡμᾶσ προσεκτέον τὸν νοῦν, πότερον πᾶσι τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἢ σοί γε; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 15:1)

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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