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ἐπιφορά

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιφορά

Structure: ἐπιφορ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: e)pife/rw

Sense

  1. a bringing to or besides: a donative, addition made to one's pay

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

  • ἀφθάρτῳ μὲν γὰρ εἶναι καὶ τῷ κενῷ καὶ τοῖσ στοιχείοισ συμβέβηκε, δύναμιν δὲ καὶ σεισμοὶ καὶ κεραυνοὶ καὶ πνευμάτων ὁρμαὶ καὶ ῥευμάτων ἐπιφοραὶ μεγάλην ἔχουσι, δίκησ δὲ καὶ θέμιδοσ οὐδὲν ὅτι μὴ τῷ φρονεῖν καὶ λογίζεσθαι μεταλαγχάνει. (Plutarch, , chapter 6 3:1)
  • πάσησ διανοίασ καὶ περιόδου καὶ λήμματοσ αἵ τε ἀρχαὶ καὶ αἱ ἐπιφοραὶ τοιαῦταί εἰσιν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 19 6:5)
  • οἱο͂ν ὄμβρων καὶ ποταμῶν ἐπιφοραὶ καὶ πάγων ὑπερβολαὶ καὶ χιόνεσ, ἔτι δ’ ὁ καπνώδησ καὶ συννεφὴσ ἀὴρ καὶ τἄλλα τὰ παραπλήσια τούτοισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 9, chapter 16 3:1)

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

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