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ἐξώλεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξώλεια

Structure: ἐξωλει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from e)cw/lhs

Sense

  1. utter destruction, deadly imprecations

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

  • οἱ δέ, ἦν γάρ τισ ἀπὸ Εὐφράτου Βάλαμοσ μάντισ ἄριστοσ τῶν τότε καὶ πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ ἐπιτηδείωσ ἔχων, πέμπουσι μετὰ τῶν Βαλάκου πρέσβεων ἄνδρασ τῶν παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ἀξιολόγων παρακαλέσοντασ τὸν μάντιν ἐλθεῖν, ὅπωσ ἐπ’ ἐξωλείᾳ τῶν Ἰσραηλιτῶν ἀρὰσ ποιήσηται. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 4 133:1)
  • Μετὰ δὲ τὴν τούτων τελευτὴν Φινεέσησ προφητεύει κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ βούλησιν ἐπ’ ἐξωλείᾳ τοῦ Χαναναίων γένουσ τῇ Ιοὔδα φυλῇ παρασχεῖν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 5 152:1)

Synonyms

  1. utter destruction

Related

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

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