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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

  • Ἀρχόμενοσ σέο, Φοῖβε, παλαιγενέων κλέα φωτῶν μνήσομαι, οἳ Πόντοιο κατὰ στόμα καὶ διὰ πέτρασ Κυανέασ βασιλῆοσ ἐφημοσύνῃ Πελίαο χρύσειον μετὰ κῶασ ἐύζυγον ἤλασαν Ἀργώ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 1:1)
  • ἦμοσ δ’ οὐρανόθεν Μινωίδασ ἔφλεγε νήσουσ Σείριοσ, οὐδ’ ἐπὶ δηρὸν ἐήν ἄκοσ ἐνναέτῃσιν, τῆμοσ τόνγ’ ἐκάλεσσαν ἐφημοσύναισ Ἑκάτοιο λοιμοῦ ἀλεξητῆρα. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 8:28)
  • τῶ καὶ ἐελδομένουσ πέμπειν ἐσ Ἀχαιίδα γαῖαν πατρὸσ ἐφημοσύνῃ, δολιχὴν ὁδόν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 10:35)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔμπησ πᾶσαν ἐφημοσύνην Θέτιδοσ μετέειπεν ἑταίροισ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 14:29)
  • εἰσ Ιοὐστινιανὸν τὸν βασιλέα ἐν Ἐφέσῳ Ιοὐστινιανὸν καὶ ἠγαθέην Θεοδώρην στέψεν Ιωἄννησ Χριστοῦ ἐφημοσύναισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 911)

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

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