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ἐγκοπή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγκοπή

Structure: ἐγκοπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from e)gko/ptw

Sense

  1. a hindrance

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

  • τὸ δὲ μὴ εἰλικρινῶσ αὐτῆσ βραχὺ καὶ ἅμα τὸ ἐν τῇ κράσει τῶν γραμμάτων δυσεκφόρητον ἀναβολήν τε ποιεῖ καὶ ἐγκοπὴν τῆσ ἁρμονίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2243)
  • ὅπου δὲ προϊόντοσ τοῦ λόγου ὑποστροφὴ γέγονε καὶ ὥσπερ τι πρὸσ τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀντέστη ἐκ τῆσ ἐγκοπῆσ τῆσ κατὰ τὴν ὑποστροφήν, ἐνταῦθα ἀγωνιστικὸν τὸ σχῆμα καὶ λόγοσ ἤδη τῷ ῥυθμῷ πολιτικώτεροσ γέγονεν· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 1 8:2)
  • " τὴν οἰήσιν ἔλεγε προκοπῆσ ἐγκοπήν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. z'. BIWN 5:5)

Synonyms

  1. a hindrance

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

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