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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

  • τίσ δὲ τὸν Ἀρεοπαγιτικὸν ἀναγνοὺσ λόγον οὐκ ἂν γένοιτο κοσμιώτεροσ, ἢ τίσ οὐκ ἂν θαυμάσειε τὴν ἐπιβολὴν τοῦ ῥήτοροσ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 81)
  • ἢ παρακαλέσαιμεν δηλαδὴ τοὺσ γραφέασ, καὶ μάλιστα ὁπόσοι αὐτῶν ἄριστοι ἐγένοντο κεράσασθαι τὰ χρώματα καὶ εὔκαιρον ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐπιβολὴν αὐτῶν; (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 7:6)
  • τὰ μὲν οὖν ἄλλα τῆσ γραφῆσ, ἐφ̓ ὅσα τοῖσ ἰδιώταισ ἡμῖν οὐ πάντη ἐμφανῆ ὄντα τὴν ὅλην ὅμωσ ἔχει δύναμιν τῆσ τέχνησ, οἱο͂ν τὸ ἀποτεῖναι τὰσ γραμμὰσ ἐσ τὸ εὐθύτατον καὶ τῶν χρωμάτων ἀκριβῆ τὴν κρᾶσιν καὶ εὔκαιρον τὴν ἐπιβολὴν ποιήσασθαι καὶ σκιάσαι ἐσ δέον καὶ τοῦ μεγέθουσ τὸν λόγον καὶ τὴν τῶν μερῶν πρὸσ τὸ ὅλον ἰσότητα καὶ ἁρμονίαν γραφέων παῖδεσ ἐπαινούντων, οἷσ ἔργον εἰδέναι τὰ τοιαῦτα· (Lucian, Zeuxis 9:1)
  • ὅτι τὴν θύραν ἀνέῳξεν ἡ σηκὶσ λάθρᾳ, ταύτησ ἐπιβολὴν ψηφιεῖ μίαν μόνην. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode12)
  • κύριοι δέ εἰσιν ὅταν ἡγῶνται καὶ δῆσαι τὸν ἀτακτοῦντα καὶ <ἐκ>κηρῦξαι καὶ ἐπιβολὴν ἐπιβάλλειν· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 61 2:3)

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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