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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)
  • σὺ μέντοι πάνυ μεμψίμοιροσ εἶναί μοι δοκεῖσ, ὃσ νῦν μὲν τὸν Τίμωνα αἰτιᾷ, διότι σοι τὰσ θύρασ ἀναπετάσασ ἠφίει περινοστεῖν ἐλευθέρωσ οὔτε ἀποκλείων οὔτε ζηλοτυπῶν ἄλλοτε δὲ τοὐναντίον ἠγανάκτεισ κατὰ τῶν πλουσίων κατακεκλεῖσθαι λέγων πρὸσ αὐτῶν ὑπὸ μοχλοῖσ καὶ κλεισὶ καὶ σημείων ἐπιβολαῖσ, ὡσ μηδὲ παρακύψαι σοι ἐσ τὸ φῶσ δυνατὸν εἶναι. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 13:3)
  • 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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