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εἰσφορά

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰσφορά

Structure: εἰσφορ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: ei)sfe/rw

Sense

  1. a gathering in
  2. a property-tax

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

  • πᾶσ ὁ παραπορευόμενοσ εἰσ τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦσ καὶ ἐπάνω, δώσουσι τὴν εἰσφορὰν Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 30:14)
  • ὁ πλουτῶν οὐ προσθήσει καὶ ὁ πενόμενοσ οὐκ ἐλαττονήσει ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡμίσουσ τοῦ διδράχμου ἐν τῷ διδόναι τὴν εἰσφορὰν Κυρίῳ ἐξιλάσασθαι περὶ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 30:15)
  • τοσοῦτον γὰρ κατὰ τὴν προτέραν εἰσφορὰν εἰσενηνοχώσ, εἴκοσι τάλαντ’ ἔχεισ. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 83:3)
  • ἡ γὰρ αὐτὴ πολλάκισ ἔχει τὸ τέλοσ καὶ τὴν εἰσφοράν, ἢ προκάθηται τοῦ πλήθουσ, ὅπου κύριόσ ἐστιν ὁ δῆμοσ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 6 133:3)
  • δεινὸν δέ μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι, εἰ ὅταν μὲν εἰσφορὰν εἰσενεγκεῖν δέη, ἣν πάντεσ εἴσεσθαι μέλλουσιν, οὐκ ἐθέλουσιν, ἀλλὰ πενίαν προφασίζονται, ἐφ’ οἷσ δὲ θάνατόσ ἐστιν ἡ ζημία καὶ λαθεῖν αὐτοῖσ συνέφερε, ταῦτα ἐπ’ εὐνοίᾳ φασὶ τῇ ὑμετέρα παρανομῆσαι. (Lysias, Speeches, 21:1)

Synonyms

  1. a gathering in

  2. a property-tax

Related

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

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