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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

  • οὐ δὴ Κόνων ὁ τοιοῦτοσ πιστόσ ἐστιν ὀμνύων, οὐδὲ πολλοῦ δεῖ, ἀλλ’ ὁ μηδ’ εὐόρκον <ἑκὼν> μηδὲν ἂν ὀμόσασ, κατὰ δὲ δὴ παίδων ὧν μὴ νομίζετε μηδ’ ἂν μελλήσασ, ἀλλὰ κἂν ὁτιοῦν παθὼν πρότερον, εἰ δ’ ἄρ’ ἀναγκαῖον, ὀμνύων ὡσ νόμιμον, <κατ’ ἐξωλείασ αὑτοῦ καὶ γένουσ καὶ οἰκίασ>, ἀξιοπιστότεροσ τοῦ κατὰ τῶν παίδων ὀμνύοντοσ καὶ διὰ τοῦ πυρόσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 56:1)
  • ὧν οὐδεὶσ δήπου, παραστησάμενοσ τοὺσ συνεισομένουσ αὑτῷ τὰ ψευδῆ μαρτυροῦντι, κατ’ ἐξωλείασ ἐπιορκεῖ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 28:1)
  • εἶθ’ οὗτοι μικρὰ λαμβάνειν καὶ κινδυνεύειν ἐν ψευδομαρτυρίοισ καὶ ἐπιορκεῖν μᾶλλον αἱροῦνται ἢ πάντ’ ἔχειν, καὶ ταῦτ’ ἀσφαλῶσ, καὶ μηδεμιᾶσ ἐξωλείασ ὑπόχουσ ἑαυτοὺσ ποιεῖν; (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 74:3)
  • τῶν ὁμολογιῶν, καὶ τοὺσ μεγίστουσ ὁρ́κουσ κατ’ ἐξωλείασ αὐτῶν τε καὶ τῶν ἐγγόνων, ἐάν τι παραβαίνωσι τῶν συγκειμένων, κατομοσάμενοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 55 5:1)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν ὡσ ἀληθῆ λέγω καὶ τῇ μὲν προτεραίᾳ ὅτε ταῦτ’ ἔλεγεν, εἰσεληλύθει καὶ διείλεκτ’ ἐκείνῳ, τῇ δ’ ὑστεραίᾳ πάλιν τοῦτο γάρ, τοῦτ’ οὐκ ἔχον ἐστὶν ὑπερβολὴν ἀκαθαρσίασ, ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι εἰσελθὼν οἴκαδ’ ὡσ ἐκεῖνον καὶ ἐφεξῆσ οὑτωσὶ καθεζόμενοσ, τὴν δεξιὰν ἐμβαλών, παρόντων πολλῶν, μετὰ τοὺσ ἐν τῇ βουλῇ τούτουσ λόγουσ, ἐν οἷσ αὐτόχειρα καὶ τὰ δεινότατ’ εἰρήκει τὸν Ἀρίσταρχον, ὤμνυε μὲν κατ’ ἐξωλείασ μηδὲν εἰρηκέναι κατ’ αὐτοῦ φλαῦρον, καὶ οὐδὲν ἐφρόντιζ’ ἐπιορκῶν, καὶ ταῦτα παρόντων τῶν συνειδότων, ἠξίου δὲ καὶ πρὸσ ἔμ’ αὑτῷ δι’ ἐκείνου γίγνεσθαι τὰσ διαλύσεισ, τούτων τοὺσ παρόντασ ὑμῖν καλῶ μάρτυρασ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 157:1)

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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