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ἐπαγωγή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπαγωγή ἐπαγωγῆς

Structure: ἐπαγωγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pa/gw

Sense

  1. leading in, bringing in or upon

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

  • περὶ δὲ παραδειγμάτων καὶ ἐνθυμημάτων προελόμενοσ λέγειν, ὅτι τὴν αὐτὴν ταῦτ’ ἔχει δύναμιν ταῖσ ἐπαγωγαῖσ καὶ τοῖσ συλλογισμοῖσ, ταῦτα περὶ τῆσ ἀναλυτικῆσ καὶ μεθοδικῆσ πραγματείασ τίθησι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 71)
  • τὴν μὲν τοίνυν εἰρήνην ταύταισ ταῖσ ἐλπίσι καὶ ταῖσ ἐπαγωγαῖσ εὑρ́οντο παρ’ ὑμῶν ἄνευ Φωκέων· (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 412:1)
  • ἐὰν δὲ καταδέσεσιν ἢ ἐπαγωγαῖσ ἤ τισιν ἐπῳδαῖσ ἢ τῶν τοιούτων φαρμακειῶν ὡντινωνοῦν δόξῃ ὅμοιοσ εἶναι βλάπτοντι, ἐὰν μὲν μάντισ ὢν ἢ τερατοσκόποσ, τεθνάτω, ἐὰν δ’ ἄνευ μαντικῆσ ὢν τῆσ φαρμακείασ ὄφλῃ, ταὐτὸν καὶ τούτῳ γιγνέσθω· (Plato, Laws, book 11 136:3)
  • ἀδίκημά του γέγονεν αὐτοῦ ἢ προγόνων, ἀκεῖσθαι μεθ’ ἡδονῶν τε καὶ ἑορτῶν, ἐάν τέ τινα ἐχθρὸν πημῆναι ἐθέλῃ, μετὰ σμικρῶν δαπανῶν ὁμοίωσ δίκαιον ἀδίκῳ βλάψει ἐπαγωγαῖσ τισιν καὶ καταδέσμοισ, τοὺσ θεούσ, ὥσ φασιν, πείθοντέσ σφισιν ὑπηρετεῖν. (Plato, Republic, book 2 71:1)
  • πολέμων τε ἐπαγωγαῖσ οὐχ οἱο͂ν τὸ ἄπαυστον τὴν βίαν ἔχειν, καὶ ἀποστέρησιν φίλων, οἳ καὶ ἐπελαφρύνοιεν τὸν πόνον, λῃστηρίων τε μεγάλων ἐπιθέσεσιν καὶ διαφθοραῖσ ἀνδρῶν τῶν πρώτων, δόξα μὲν τοῦ ὀρθουμένου τῶν κοινῶν, ἔργῳ δὲ οἰκείων κερδῶν ἐλπίσιν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 18 9:1)

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