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ἐλάττωμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλάττωμα ἐλάττωματος

Structure: ἐλαττωματ (Stem)

Etym.: e)latto/w

Sense

  1. a disadvantage

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

  • "καὶ τοῖσ ἐκ μέθησ παραβοηθοῦν ἐλαττώμασιν ἀφῆκαν,6 τοῦ δὲ πρὸσ ὄψιν ἢ πρὸσ ὀσμὴν ἐπιτερποῦσ ἐφρόντισαν, διὸ μυρσίνησ μὲν στέφανον στύφοντα καὶ τὴν οἴνων ἀναθυμίασιν ἀποκρουόμενον, ἔτι δὲ ῥόδινον ἔχοντά τι καὶ κεφαλαλγίασ παρηγορικὸν σὺν τῷ καὶ κατὰ ποσὸν ψύχειν, πρὸσ δὲ τοῖσ δάφνινον οὐκ ἀλλότριον πότου ἡγητέον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 1710)
  • μετ’ ὀλίγον δὲ πάλιν αὐτὸν συνέβη περιπεσεῖν μεγαλοισ ἐλαττώμασιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 20 6:3)
  • Ἀγαθοκλῆσ μὲν οὖν Καρχηδονίουσ παραλόγωσ νικήσασ τειχήρεισ συνεῖχεν, ἡ τύχη δὲ ἐναλλὰξ τὰ προτερήματα τοῖσ ἐλαττώμασιν ἐπεισαγαγοῦσα τοὺσ ὑπερέχοντασ ἴσον ἐταπείνωσε τοῖσ ἡττωμένοισ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 13 3:2)
  • εἶθ’ οἱ μὲν Ἀκραγαντῖνοι δυσφοροῦντεσ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἐλαττώμασιν ἐν αἰτίαισ εἶχον τὸν Ξενόδοκον, ὡσ δἰ ἐκεῖνον δὶσ ἡττημένοι· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 62 5:3)
  • τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον χρὴ καὶ τὴν μετάνοιαν αὐτοῦ δηλῶσαι καὶ τὴν εὐστοχίαν, καθ’ ἣν μεταθέμενοσ τοῖσ ἐκ τῆσ τύχησ ἐλαττώμασιν εὐλογιστότατα δοκεῖ κεχρῆσθαι τοῖσ καθ’ αὑτὸν καιροῖσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 18, chapter 33 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. a disadvantage

Related

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

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