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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

  • οὕτω γὰρ πολιτικῶσ προάγοιτο ὁ λόγοσ, εἰ παρακολουθοῖεν οἱ ἀκούοντεσ τοῖσ ζητήμασιν, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀφελεῖ οὐ τοῦτό ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ κεκρυμμέναι ἐνίοτε εἰσὶν αἱ ζητήσεισ, καὶ οὐδὲ οἶδέ τισ τί βούλεται λέγειν ὁ λέγων διὰ τὸ μηδεμιᾷ ἐπιβολῇ ἐοικέναι τὸν λόγον. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 1 5:4)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν ἀρκοῦμαι, ἂν ὀρέγωμαι καὶ ἐκκλίνω κατὰ φύσιν, ἂν ὁρμῇ καὶ ἀφορμῇ χρῶμαι ὡσ πέφυκα, ἂν προ[σ]θέσει, ἂν ἐπιβολῇ, ἂν συγκαταθέσει. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 2:2)
  • ἀλλὰ διαθήκην μὲν οὐ γράφει μὴ εἰδὼσ πῶσ δεῖ γράφειν ἢ παραλαβὼν τὸν εἰδότα οὐδ’ ἐγγύην ἄλλωσ σφραγίζεται ἢ ἀσφάλειαν γράφει, ὀρέξει δὲ χρῆται δίχα νομικοῦ καὶ ἐκκλίσει καὶ ὁρμῇ καὶ ἐπιβολῇ καὶ προθέσει. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 7:1)
  • διὰ τί οὖν οὐκ ἀνύετε τὸ ἔργον, εἰ καὶ ὑμεῖσ ἔχετ’ ἐπιβολὴν οἱάν δεῖ κἀγὼ πρὸσ τῇ ἐπιβολῇ καὶ παρασκευὴν οἱάν δεῖ; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 30:1)
  • Ἴδε κυνικαὶ φωναί, ἴδε χαρακτήρ, ἴδ’ ἐπιβολή. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 49:3)

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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