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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

  • καὶ ταῦτα μαρτυρόμενον σκέψασθαι τὰ ψηφίσματα, τὸ πλῆθοσ τῶν εἰσφορῶν, τὰ εἰσενηνεγμένα, τοὺσ λαβόντασ, καὶ εἰ μὲν εὐτε , τῷ λόγῳ πιστεύειν, εἰ δὲ μή, νῦν παρασχέσθαι μάρτυρασ, εἴ τι ψεῦδοσ ἦν ὧν ἐλογισάμην αὐτοῖσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 12 2:6)
  • ἀργύριον δ’ εἰσ ταῦτα ἕνεκά τε τούτων καὶ εἰσφορῶν τινων εἰσ τὴν πόλιν ἔλαβον παρὰ Λεπτίνου, λέγων ἅ μοι ἐδόκει εὐσχημονέστατα ἡμῖν εἶναι καὶ ἀληθῆ λέγειν, ὅτι ἡμέτερον εἰή ὃ εἰσ τὴν ναῦν ἀναλώσαμεν τὴν Λευκαδίαν, σχεδὸν ἑκκαίδεκα μναῖ· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 13 13:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ τῶν λῃτουργιῶν καὶ τῶν εἰσφορῶν καὶ τῆσ πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ φιλοτιμίασ τὰ μὲν ἐνέχυρα κεῖται αὐτῶν, τὰ δὲ πέπραται. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 71:3)
  • τῶν γὰρ εἰσ τὸν πόλεμον καὶ τὴν σωτηρίαν τῆσ πόλεωσ εἰσφορῶν καὶ τριηραρχιῶν ὀρθῶσ καὶ δικαίωσ οὐδείσ ἐστ’ ἀτελὴσ ἐκ τῶν παλαιῶν νόμων, οὐδ’ οὓσ οὗτοσ ἔγραψε, τοὺσ ἀφ’ Ἁρμοδίου καὶ Ἀριστογείτονοσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 26:5)
  • ἴστε γὰρ δήπου τοῦθ’ ὅτι τῶν τριηραρχιῶν οὐδείσ ἐστ’ ἀτελὴσ οὐδὲ τῶν εἰσφορῶν τῶν εἰσ τὸν πόλεμον. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 36:2)

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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