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ἐκδρομή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκδρομή

Structure: ἐκδρομ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from e)kdramei=n, aor2 inf. of e)ktre/xw

Sense

  1. a running out, sally, charge
  2. a party of skirmishers

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

  • οἱ δαημονέστατοι τῶν ἐξελιγμῶν τε καὶ ἐπιστροφῶν, ἐσ ἄλλουσ καὶ ἄλλουσ κύκλουσ ἢ ἄλλασ καὶ ἐπιστροφῶν, ἐσ ἄλλουσ καὶ ἄλλουσ κύκλουσ ἢ ἄλλασ καὶ ἄλλασ ἐπ̓ εὐθὺ ἐκδρομὰσ ἐπιλέγονται, τὸ δὲ πλῆθοσ οὐδὲν ἄλλο μεμελέτηκεν, ὅτι μὴ ἕπεσθαι τῷ οἰκείῳ ἕκαστοι σημείῳ. (Arrian, chapter 35 9:1)
  • δύο δὲ ἱππῆσ, τοῦδε τοῦ στοίχου διέχοντεσ ὅσον ἐκδρομὰσ παρέχειν τοῖσ φιλίοισ ἱππεῦσι, προβέβληνται πρὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρωσ τῆσ χελώνησ, τοῦ ἐκδέχεσθαι τοὺσ ἐξακοντισμοὺσ τῶν ἐπ̓ εὐθὺ ἐπελαυνόντων. (Arrian, chapter 36 3:1)
  • καὶ καθάπερ οἱ κυνηγοὶ τοὺσ σκύλακασ οὐκ ἐῶσιν ἐκτρέπεσθαι καὶ διώκειν πᾶσαν ὀδμήν, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ ῥυτῆρσιν ἕλκουσι καὶ ἀνακρούουσι, καθαρὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἄκρατον φυλάττοντεσ τὸ αἰσθητήριον ἐπὶ τὸ οἰκεῖον ἔργον, ἵν’ εὐτονώτερον ἐμφύηται τοῖσ ἴχνεσι πέλματα θηρείων μελέων μυκτῆρσιν ἐρευνῶν οὕτω δεῖ τὰσ ἐπὶ πᾶν θέαμα καὶ πᾶν ἄκουσμα τοῦ πολυπράγμονοσ ἐκδρομὰσ καὶ περιπλανήσεισ ἀφαιρεῖν καὶ ἀντισπᾶν ἐπὶ τὰ χρήσιμα φυλάττοντασ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 11 1:3)
  • οὕτω δεῖ τὰσ ἐπὶ πᾶν θέαμα καὶ πᾶν ἄκουσμα τοῦ πολυπράγμονοσ ἐκδρομὰσ καὶ περιπλανήσεισ ἀφαιρεῖν καὶ ἀντισπᾶν ἐπὶ τὰ χρήσιμα φυλάττοντασ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 11 6:1)
  • τὴν γνώμην οὐ γὰρ ἐκ παρατάξεωσ ἦσαν οὐδὲ μάχησ ἐμφανῆ κατάστασιν ἐχούσησ καί νόμιμον, ἐκδρομὰσ δὲ προσκαίρουσ τιθέμενοι, καί φυγὰσ ἢ διώξεισ ἐπιχειροῦντεσ αὐτοῖσ καί συμπλεκόμενοι κατώρθουν. (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 15 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. a party of skirmishers

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

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