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ἔμφασις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμφασις ἐμφάσεως

Structure: ἐμφασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. appearance
  2. outward appearance, reflection, image
  3. setting forth, narrative, proof
  4. (rhetoric) significance, emphasis, force
  5. moral (of a story)

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

  • τάδε σοι περὶ τῶν ἰδεῶν καὶ ἀρετῶν ἐξ ὧν συνίσταται ὁ πολιτικὸσ λόγοσ, καὶ δι’ ὧν δοκιμάζεται, καὶ πολλοῦ ἄξιοσ προάγεται, ὥσπερ ἐκ μερῶν καθ’ ἕκαστον συντιθέμενοσ, πανταχόθεν ὁλόκληροσ καὶ τελείωσ ἔχων αὐτὸσ ἐν ἑαυτῷ, αἵτινεσ τοιαίδε καὶ τοσαίδε εἰσί, σεμνότησ, βαρύτησ, περιβολή, ἀξιοπιστία, σφοδρότησ, ἔμφασισ, δεινότησ, ἐπιμέλεια, γλυκύτησ, σαφήνεια καὶ καθαρότησ, βραχύτησ καὶ συντομία, κόλασισ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter Arg 2:1)
  • ἐν γὰρ τῷ ὀνόματι ἡ ἔμφασισ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 12:2)
  • τρόπον μέν τινα αἱ τρεῖσ ἀρεταὶ τοῦ λόγου, ἥ τε σφοδρότησ καὶ ἡ ἔμφασισ καὶ ἡ τραχύτησ, εἰ καὶ τῇ προσηγορίᾳ διεστήκασι, τῇ γοῦν δυνάμει καὶ σφόδρα ἐπικοινωνοῦσιν ἀλλήλαισ ἐπὶ πλείστοισ, καὶ ἥ τε σφοδρότησ ἐμφαντικὸσ λόγοσ ἐστὶν καὶ ἡ τραχύτησ σφοδρότητα δύναται· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 2:1)
  • κατὰ δὲ σχῆμα ἔμφασισ γίνεται, ὅταν τισ δεικτικοῖσ χρῆται, οἱο͂ν οὗτοσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ παλαιόσ ἐσθ’ ὁ νόμοσ καὶ καλῶσ ἔχων. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 5:1)
  • καὶ ὅταν δέ τισ ἀναιρέσεσι συνεχέσι χρῆται, ἔμφασισ γίνεται ἐν τῷ λόγῳ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. appearance

  2. outward appearance

  3. moral

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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