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ἐφορμή

First declension Noun; Feminine

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Structure: ἐφορμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

a way of attack, room, to attack
an assault, attack

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐφορμή	ἐφορμᾱ́	ἐφορμαί
Genitive	ἐφορμῆς	ἐφορμαῖν	ἐφορμῶν
Dative	ἐφορμῇ	ἐφορμαῖν	ἐφορμαῖς
Accusative	ἐφορμήν	ἐφορμᾱ́	ἐφορμᾱ́ς
Vocative	ἐφορμή	ἐφορμᾱ́	ἐφορμαί

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Examples

ἄπελθ’, ἐρῶ γὰρ καὶ πρὸ τῶνδε, μηδέ με φύλασσ’ ἐφορμῶν ἔνθα χρὴ ναίειν ἐμέ. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 2:9)
αὐε͂ δ’ ἄνασσαν νυκτιπόλον, χθονίην, εὐαντέα δοῦναι ἐφορμήν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 3:14)
ἡμετέρῃ δ’ ἐπερείδεται Ἑλλὰσ ἐφορμῇ, ἠὲ κατηφείην, ἢ καὶ μέγα κῦδοσ ἀρέσθαι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 4:14)
ὁ γὰρ Κάσανδροσ εἰσ Πύδναν τῆσ Μακεδονίασ συγκεκλεικὼσ Ὀλυμπιάδα προσβολὰσ μὲν τοῖσ τείχεσιν ἠδυνάτει ποιεῖσθαι διὰ τοὺσ χειμῶνασ, περιστρατοπεδεύσασ δὲ τὴν πόλιν καὶ χάρακα βαλόμενοσ ἀπὸ θαλάσσησ εἰσ θάλασσαν, ἔτι δὲ ἐφορμῶν τῷ λιμένι πάντα βουλόμενον ἐπικουρῆσαι διεκώλυεν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 49 1:2)
μία δ’ οἰή γίγνετ’ ἐφορμή. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 22 20:3)

Synonyms

an assault
- προσβολή (a falling on, attack, assault)
- ἔφοδος (an onset, attack, assault)
- πρόσμιξις (a coming near to, an attack, assault)

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

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ἐφορμή

Sense

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an assault

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ἐφορμή

Sense

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an assault

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