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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

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

  • πολλῶν δὲ γενομένων ἐν τῇ πόλει τότε πλημμελημάτων καὶ παρανομημάτων ἐκεῖνο μάλιστα λέγεται λυπῆσαι τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ, ὅτι διακόσια καὶ πεντήκοντα τάλαντα πορίσαι ταχὺ καὶ δοῦναι προσταχθὲν αὐτοῖσ καὶ τῆσ εἰσπράξεωσ συντόνου καὶ ἀπαραιτήτου γενομένησ, ἰδὼν ἠθροισμένον τὸ ἀργύριον ἐκέλευσε Λαμίᾳ καὶ ταῖσ περὶ αὐτὴν ἑταίραισ εἰσ σμῆγμα δοθῆναι. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 27 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a getting in or collection

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

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