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ἐπάγγελμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπάγγελμα ἐπάγγελματος

Structure: ἐπαγγελματ (Stem)

Etym.: from e)pagge/llw

Sense

  1. a promise, profession, one's profession

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπάγγελμα ἐπαγγέλματε ἐπαγγέλματα
Genitive ἐπαγγέλματος ἐπαγγελμάτοιν ἐπαγγελμάτων
Dative ἐπαγγέλματι ἐπαγγελμάτοιν ἐπαγγέλμασιν*
Accusative ἐπάγγελμα ἐπαγγέλματε ἐπαγγέλματα
Vocative ἐπάγγελμα ἐπαγγέλματε ἐπαγγέλματα

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

  • ὑπὸ γὰρ τοῦ μεγέθουσ τοῦ ἐπαγγέλματοσ οὐδὲν θαυμαστὸν ἀπιστεῖν. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 24:2)
  • καὶ δι’ αὐτομόλων ἐπιγνοὺσ εἶναι τῷ βασιλεῖ στρατιὰν μὲν ἀνδρῶν ἀμφὶ μυριάδασ τριάκοντα, ἀγορὰν δὲ εἴ τι σιτολογοῦντεσ ἢ ἐκ θαλάσσησ λάβοιεν, ἔφη πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀμφ’ αὑτὸν ἀμαχὶ λήψεσθαι τοὺσ πολεμίουσ αὐτίκα, καὶ τοῦ ἐπαγγέλματοσ αὐτοῖσ ἐνεκελεύετο μνημονεύειν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 11 1:2)
  • καί τινεσ ἱππεῖσ τοῦ Μιθριδάτου χωρίσ τε τῶν ἵππων καὶ χωρὶσ ἐπαγγέλματοσ ἐβοήθουν τοῖσ σφετέροισ προφύλαξιν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 15 4:2)
  • ὅσοι δ’ αὐτῷ συνῆσαν, χωρὶσ ἐπαγγέλματοσ ἐμπεσόντεσ τοῖσ νεοπολίταισ ἔκτεινάν τε πολλοὺσ καὶ ἑτέρουσ φεύγοντασ ἐπὶ τὰσ πύλασ ἐδίωκον. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 8 1:10)

Synonyms

  1. a promise

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

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