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εἴσπραξις

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἴσπραξις εἴσπραξεως

Structure: εἰσπραξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from ei)spra/ssw

Sense

  1. a getting in or collection

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative εἴσπραξις εἰσπράξει εἰσπράξεις
Genitive εἰσπράξεως εἰσπράξοιν εἰσπράξεων
Dative εἰσπράξει εἰσπράξοιν εἰσπράξεσιν*
Accusative εί̓σπραξιν εἰσπράξει εἰσπράξεις
Vocative εί̓σπραξι εἰσπράξει εἰσπράξεις

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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ αὐτὸν ἵσταται Γάιοσ εἰσπραξόμενον τούσ τε φόρουσ καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα καταβαλλόμενα εἰσ τὸν Καίσαροσ θησαυρὸν ἐφυστερήκει τοῖσ καιροῖσ διὰ τὸ ἐπιδιπλασιάζεσθαι τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῶν, χρόνον ἐκεῖ ποιεῖται τῇ εἰσπράξει τρόπῳ τῷ αὐτοῦ χρώμενοσ μᾶλλον ἢ τῇ Γαί̈ου προστάξει, διὰ τὸ φειδοῖ χρῆσθαι τὰσ τύχασ οἴκτῳ λαμβάνων τῶν ὑπὸ τὴν εἴσπραξιν εἰσ ὀργὴν προυκαλεῖτο τὸν Γάιον μαλακίαν ἐπικαλοῦντα αὐτῷ τοῦ σχολῇ συνάγεσθαι αὐτῷ τὰ χρήματα. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 19 34:2)

Synonyms

  1. a getting in or collection

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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