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ἐξήγησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξήγησις ἐξηγήσεως

Structure: ἐξηγησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)chge/omai

Sense

  1. narration
  2. interpretation

Declension

Third 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

  • ἐξήγησισ μωροῦ ὡσ ἐν ὁδῷ φορτίον, ἐπὶ δὲ χείλουσ συνετοῦ εὑρεθήσεται χάρισ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 21:16)
  • τά τε γὰρ φρονήματα ψυχρότερά ἐστι καὶ τῆσ Γοργίου προαιρέσεωσ μᾶλλον οἰκειότερα, ἥ τε τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐξήγησισ ἀμφότερον σοφιστικὴ καὶ ἀπειρόκαλοσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 469)
  • Ἔστι δὲ ἡ ἐξήγησισ αὐτοῦ τῶν λόγων τριπλῆ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 64:1)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἀγνοουμένων εἰσ τέλοσ ὁμοίαν ἔχει τὴν δύναμιν ἡ τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐξήγησισ ταῖσ ἀδιανοήτοισ καὶ κρουσματικαῖσ λέξεσι. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 36 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. narration

  2. interpretation

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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