Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐφημοσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφημοσύνη

Structure: ἐφημοσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)fi/hmi

Sense

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 τότε δὴ Κίρκησ μὲν ἐφημοσύνησ ἀλεγεινῆσ λανθανόμην, ἐπεὶ οὔ τί μ’ ἀνώγει θωρήσσεσθαι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 24:3)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὧσ Μενελάου ἐφημοσύνησ ἀμέλησε, βῆ δὲ θέειν, τὰ δὲ τεύχε’ ἀμύμονι δῶκεν ἑταίρῳ Λαοδόκῳ, ὅσ οἱ σχεδὸν ἔστρεφε μώνυχασ ἵππουσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 74:3)

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

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