Hellas Alive Dictionary - επιβολη

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ἐπιβολή

First declension Noun; Feminine

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Structure: ἐπιβολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐπιβολή	ἐπιβολᾱ́	ἐπιβολαί
Genitive	ἐπιβολῆς	ἐπιβολαῖν	ἐπιβολῶν
Dative	ἐπιβολῇ	ἐπιβολαῖν	ἐπιβολαῖς
Accusative	ἐπιβολήν	ἐπιβολᾱ́	ἐπιβολᾱ́ς
Vocative	ἐπιβολή	ἐπιβολᾱ́	ἐπιβολαί

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καὶ ἐσ τὴν Ἀσίαν αὐτὸσ ἐπανελθών, ὀφείλουσαν ἔτι τῶν Συλλείων ἐπιβολῶν, τέταρτα μὲν ἐπὶ τοῖσ καρποῖσ, τέλη δ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσ θεράπουσι καὶ ταῖσ οἰκίαισ ὡρ́ιζεν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 12 5:10)
Σεμίραμιν δέ, τῷ μεγέθει τῶν ἐπιβολῶν καὶ πράξεων διωνομασμένην, ἐπὶ βραχὺ τῆσ Αἰθιοπίασ προελθοῦσαν ἀπογνῶναι τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ σύμπαν ἔθνοσ στρατείαν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 3 1:3)
τῶν δ’ ἐπιβολῶν αὐτοῖσ κατὰ νοῦν προχωρουσῶν, πλούτουσ μεγάλουσ ἤθροισαν, καὶ τὴν ἐκτὸσ Ἡρακλείων στηλῶν ἐπεβάλοντο πλεῖν, ἣν ὠκεανὸν ὀνομάζουσι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 20 1:3)

Synonyms

a throwing or laying on
- καταβολή (a throwing or laying down)
- ὑποβολή (a throwing or laying under)
- ἐπίθεσις (a laying on)
a hostile attempt
- ἐκπολέμωσις (a making hostile)
a penalty
- ζημίωμα (a penalty, fine, for)

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

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ἐπιβολή

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a hostile attempt

a penalty

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ἐπιβολή

Sense

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a throwing or laying on

a hostile attempt

a penalty

Similar forms

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