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εἴκασμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἴκασμα εἴκασματος

Structure: εἰκασματ (Stem)

Etym.: ei)ka/zw

Sense

  1. a likeness, image

Declension

Third 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

  • "ἃ γὰρ οὐδεὶσ σκευοποιὸσ ἢ πλάστησ θαυμάτων ἢ γραφεὺσ δεινὸσ ἐτόλμησε μῖξαι πρὸσ ἀπάτην εἰκάσματα καὶ παίγνια, ταῦθ’ ὑπάρχειν ἀπὸ σπουδῆσ τιθέμενοι, μᾶλλον δ’ ὅλωσ, εἰ ταῦτα μὴ ὑπάρχοι, πίστιν οἴχεσθαι καὶ βεβαιότητα καὶ κρίσιν ἀληθείασ φάσκοντεσ αὐτοὶ καταβάλλουσιν εἰσ ἀσάφειαν πάντα πράγματα καὶ ταῖσ κρίσεσι φόβουσ καὶ ταῖσ πράξεσιν ὑποψίασ ἐπάγουσιν, εἰ τὰ πραττόμενα καὶ νομιζόμενα καὶ συνήθη καὶ ἀνὰ χεῖρασ ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τῆσ· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 28 1:4)
  • ἔμπροσθεν εἰκάσματα τεχνιτῶν, οὐ πάνυ τούτοισ οὔτε πιστεύοντεσ οὔτε προσέχοντεσ τὸν νοῦν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 69:1)

Synonyms

  1. a likeness

Related

Similar forms

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

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