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ἔκδυσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκδυσις ἐκδύσεως

Structure: ἐκδυσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)kdu/w

Sense

  1. A stripping, shedding
  2. An escape

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

  • Ὦ γέρον, ὦ Πύρρων, πῶσ ἢ πόθεν ἔκδυσιν εὑρ͂εσ λατρείησ δοξῶν [τε] κενεοφροσύνησ τε σοφιστῶν, καὶ πάσησ ἀπάτησ πειθοῦσ τ’ ἀπελύσαο δεσμά; (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 5:1)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἡμέρη ἐγένετο, ἐσελθόντα τὸν βασιλέα ἐσ τὸ οἴκημα ἐκπεπλῆχθαι ὁρῶντα τὸ σῶμα τοῦ φωρὸσ ἐν τῇ πάγῃ ἄνευ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ ἐόν, τὸ δὲ οἴκημα ἀσινὲσ καὶ οὔτε ἔσοδον οὔτε ἔκδυσιν οὐδεμίαν ἔχον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 121C 1:1)
  • τῷ γονέι τιμωρέοντα ἔτι ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ ἐόντα τὰ τέκνα διεσθίει τὴν μητέρα, διαφαγόντα δὲ τὴν νηδὺν αὐτῆσ οὕτω τὴν ἔκδυσιν ποιέεται. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 109 3:2)
  • ἐρεθίσασ ὦν τοὺσ Πέρσασ ἤθελε ὡσ ἀσθενέστατα ποιῆσαι τὰ Σάμια πρήγματα καὶ οὕτω παραδιδόναι, εὖ ἐξεπιστάμενοσ ὡσ παθόντεσ οἱ Πέρσαι κακῶσ προσεμπικρανέεσθαι ἔμελλον τοῖσι Σαμίοισι, εἰδώσ τε ἑωυτῷ ἀσφαλέα ἔκδυσιν ἐοῦσαν ἐκ τῆσ νήσου τότε ἐπεὰν αὐτὸσ βούληται· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 146 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. A stripping

  2. An escape

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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