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ἐξουσίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξουσίᾱ ἐξουσίας

Structure: ἐξουσι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: e)/cesti

Sense

  1. power, means, license, or authority to do something.
  2. power, authority
  3. office, title
  4. means, resources
  5. pomp

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

  • καὶ ἀπέστειλε συναγαγεῖν τοὺσ ὑπάτουσ καὶ τοὺσ στρατηγοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ τοπάρχασ, ἡγουμένουσ τε καὶ τυράννουσ καὶ τοὺσ ἐπ’ ἐξουσιῶν καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἄρχοντασ τῶν χωρῶν ἐλθεῖν εἰσ τὰ ἐγκαίνια τῆσ εἰκόνοσ, ἣν ἔστησε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ὁ βασιλεύσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 3:2)
  • καὶ συνήχθησαν οἱ τοπάρχαι, ὕπατοι, στρατηγοί, ἡγούμενοι, τύραννοι μεγάλοι, οἱ ἐπ’ ἐξουσιῶν καὶ πάντεσ οἱ ἄρχοντεσ τῶν χωρῶν εἰσ τὸν ἐγκαινισμὸν τῆσ εἰκόνοσ, ἣν ἔστησε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ὁ βασιλεύσ, καὶ εἱστήκεισαν ἐνώπιον τῆσ εἰκόνοσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 3:3)
  • ἀχθομένῳ ταῖσ μεταβολαῖσ τῶν ἐξουσιῶν διὰ τὸ μήτε προαιρέσεισ ἅπαντασ ὁμοίασ ἔχειν μήτε φύσεισ, τότε δὴ συγκαλέσαντεσ εἰσ ἐκκλησίαν τὸ πλῆθοσ οἱ βουλευταὶ κατὰ φυλάσ τε καὶ φράτρασ ἀπέδωκαν αὐτῷ περὶ τοῦ κόσμου τῆσ πολιτείασ σκοπεῖν, εἴτε βασιλεῖ βούλεται τὰ κοινὰ ἐπιτρέπειν εἴτε ἀρχαῖσ ἐνιαυσίοισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 57 4:1)
  • ὅσ ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ θεοῦ πορευθεὶσ εἰσ οὐρανὸν ὑποταγέντων αὐτῷ ἀγγέλων καὶ ἐξουσιῶν καὶ δυνάμεων. (PETROU A, chapter 2 52:1)

Synonyms

  1. power

  2. office

  3. means

  4. pomp

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