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ἐπίδειξις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίδειξις ἐπιδείξεως

Structure: ἐπιδειξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)pidei/knumi

Sense

  1. exhibition, display
  2. example
  3. declamation

Declension

Third 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

  • καὶ εἰή γε, ὦ φίλτατε Ἀσκληπιέ, τοιοῦτον φανῆναι τὸν λόγον, ὡσ μὴ ἀπολογίαν, ἀλλ̓ ἐπιδείξεωσ ἀφορμὴν εἶναι δοκεῖν. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 33:2)
  • ἦσαν οὖν αὐτῷ χαλεποὶ μὲν οἱ τὰσ εἰσφορὰσ διὰ τὴν τρυφὴν ὑπομένοντεσ, χαλεποὶ δ’ αὖ πάλιν οἱ τὴν τρυφὴν ἀποτιθέμενοι διὰ τὰσ εἰσφοράσ, πλούτου γὰρ ἀφαίρεσιν οἱ πολλοὶ νομίζουσι τὴν κώλυσιν αὐτοῦ τῆσ ἐπιδείξεωσ, ἐπιδείκνυσθαι δὲ τοῖσ περιττοῖσ, οὐ τοῖσ ἀναγκαίοισ. (Plutarch, Marcus Cato, chapter 18 3:1)
  • βουλοίμην δ’ ἄν σε μὴ πάρεργον ποιήσασθαι τὸ προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν τοῖσ μέλλουσιν ῥηθήσεσθαι, μηδ’ ὑπολαμβάνειν τοῦθ’, ὡσ ἄρ’ ἐγὼ τούτοισ κέχρημαι τοῖσ λόγοισ οὐ τῆσ σῆσ ὠφελίασ ἕνεκα, ἀλλ’ ἐπιδείξεωσ ἐπιθυμῶν, ἵνα μήτε διαμάρτῃσ τῆσ ἀληθείασ, μήτ’ ἀντὶ τῶν βελτίστων τὰ τυχόνθ’ ἑλόμενοσ χεῖρον περὶ σαυτοῦ βουλεύσῃ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 41:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ αὐτῷ ἓν τοῦτ’ ἦν τῆσ ἐπιδείξεωσ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 4:4)
  • ἀχλυώδουσ δὲ καὶ ζοφερᾶσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ γενομένησ, ἥ τε ὄψισ ἔσβεστο τῆσ ἐπιδείξεωσ, καὶ τὰ τοξεύματα πάντα ἀμβλύτερα ἦν ὡσ ἐν ἀέρι ὑγρῷ καὶ σκοτεινῷ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 6 6:4)

Synonyms

  1. example

  2. declamation

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