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ἐπιβολή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιβολή

Structure: ἐπιβολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)piba/llw

Sense

  1. a throwing or laying on
  2. a hostile attempt
  3. that which is laid on, layers or courses
  4. a penalty, fine, an impost, public burden

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

  • Ἀτάρ, ὦ Σάμιππε, νῦν ἀνεμνήσθην, ὁπόθεν ἡμῶν ἀπελείφθη Ἀδείμαντοσ, ὅτε παρὰ τὸν ἱστὸν ἐπὶ πολὺ ἔστημεν ἀναβλέποντεσ, ἀριθμοῦντεσ τῶν βυρσῶν τὰσ ἐπιβολὰσ καὶ θαυμάζοντεσ ἀνιόντα τὸν ναύτην διὰ τῶν κάλων, εἶτα ἐπὶ τῆσ κεραίασ ἄνω ἀσφαλῶσ διαθέοντα τῶν κεροιάκων ἐπειλημμένον. (Lucian, 8:1)
  • τὸ γὰρ ἀφαιρεῖν τὰσ ἐπιβολὰσ καὶ αὐτοῖσ χρῆσθαι τοῖσ ὀνόμασι καὶ ἀκολουθεῖν τῶν πραγμάτων τῇ φύσει καὶ μὴ δεδιέναι τὴν σμικρότητα αὐτῶν καὶ ταπεινότητα ἁπλῆσ ψυχῆσ καὶ γενναίασ, ὅθεν καὶ λόγων τέχναι εὑρέθησαν, ἐξ ὧν ἐδυνήθη μέγεθοσ προσλαβεῖν καὶ τὰ μὴ ἔχοντα ἐν αὑτοῖσ φύσει μεγέθη, καὶ ποτὲ μὲν τοιαῦτα εἶναι τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἐμφαινόμενα, τὰ δὲ καὶ ψεῦδόσ τι ἐμφαίνειν, ὥσπερ ἔχει καὶ τοῦτο, ἀεὶ σὺ ἐπισκώπτεισ ἡμᾶσ, ὅτι σὺ μὲν Πρωταγόρᾳ πολὺ ἀργύριον δέδωκασ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 2:3)
  • "δὲ ῥοθίων τὰσ νήσουσ ἅμα περαινομένασ ἐπανάγειν οὐδὲν εἰσ ταὐτὸ τῇ ἀρχῇ συνάπτειν πέρασ οὐδὲ ποιεῖν κύκλον, ἀλλ’ ἡσυχῆ παραλλάσσειν τὰσ ἐπιβολὰσ ἕλικα ποιούσασ μίαν ἐν τῷ περιστρέφεσθαι. (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 2210)
  • ὅτι μὲν οὖν ἐναντίασ ἀλλήλαισ τὰσ ἐπιβολὰσ τῶν ἰνῶν ἔχουσιν οἱ χιτῶνεσ οὗτοι, τὸ φαινόμενον αὐτὸ μαρτυρεῖ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 85)
  • τοῖσ μὲν γὰρ ἡλικίαν ἔχουσι καὶ ῥώμην αἱ στρατεῖαι τὰσ ἀπὸ τῶν κοινῶν εὐπορίασ παρεῖχον, τὸν δ’ ἀσύντακτον καὶ βάναυσον ὄχλον οὔτ’ ἄμοιρον εἶναι λημμάτων βουλόμενοσ οὔτε λαμβάνειν ἀργὸν καὶ σχολάζοντα, μεγάλασ κατασκευασμάτων ἐπιβολὰσ καὶ πολυτέχνουσ ὑποθέσεισ ἔργων διατριβὴν ἐχόντων ἐνέβαλε φέρων εἰσ τὸν δῆμον, ἵνα μηδὲν ἧττον τῶν πλεόντων καὶ φρουρούντων καὶ στρατευομένων τὸ οἰκουροῦν ἔχῃ πρόφασιν ἀπὸ τῶν δημοσίων ὠφελεῖσθαι καὶ μεταλαμβάνειν. (Plutarch, , chapter 12 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. a throwing or laying on

  2. a hostile attempt

  3. a penalty

Similar forms

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

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