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ἐκφορά

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκφορά

Structure: ἐκφορ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: e)kfe/rw

Sense

  1. a carrying out
  2. a running away

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 ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ μνήματι, ᾧ ὤρυξεν ἑαυτῷ ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐκοίμησαν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆσ κλίνησ καὶ ἔπλησαν ἀρωμάτων καὶ γένη μύρων μυρεψῶν καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ ἐκφορὰν μεγάλην ἕωσ σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 16:14)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἐξ ἡμερῶν εἰσ ἡμέρασ, καὶ ὡσ ἦλθε καιρὸσ τῶν ἡμερῶν ἡμέρασ δύο, ἐξῆλθεν ἡ κοιλία αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῆσ νόσου, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐν μαλακίᾳ πονηρᾷ. καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησεν ὁ λαὸσ αὐτοῦ ἐκφορὰν καθὼσ ἐκφορὰν πατέρων αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 21:19)
  • ἐπὶ μὲν γὰρ τὴν ἐκφορὰν οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστισ οὐκ ἀπήντησεν, καὶ μάλιστα τῶν φιλοσόφων οὗτοι μέντοι ὑποδύντεσ ἐκόμιζον αὐτὸν ἄχρι πρὸσ τὸν τάφον. (Lucian, (no name) 67:3)
  • οὔκουν ἐπ’ ἐκφοράν γε. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. a carrying out

  2. a running away

Related

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

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