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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

  • καὶ τὸ μὲν ἀριστερὸν κέρασ εὐθὺσ ἐμβαλόντεσ εἰσ τὸν ποταμὸν οἱ Κελτοὶ διέφθειραν τὸ δὲ δεξιὸν ὑπεκκλῖναν τήν ἐπιφορὰν ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου πρὸσ τοὺσ λόφουσ ἧττον ἐξεκόπη καὶ διεξέπεσον ἀπὸ τούτων εἰσ τήν πόλιν οἱ πολλοί, τοῖσ δ’ ἄλλοισ, ὅσοι τῶν πολεμίων ἀπειπόντων πρὸσ τὸν φόνον ἐσώθησαν, εἰσ Οὐηϊούσ αἱ φυγαὶ διὰ νυκτὸσ ἦσαν, ὡσ τῆσ Ῥώμησ οἰχομένησ καὶ τῶν ἐκεῖ πάντων ἀπολωλότων. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 18 7:1)
  • ψυχῇ δὲ φύσισ ἀναθυμίασισ, ἣν τυπωθῆναι μὲν ἐργῶδεσ διὰ μανότητα, δεξαμένην δὲ τηρῆσαι τύπωσιν ἀδύνατον ἥ τε γὰρ τροφὴ καὶ ἡ γένεσισ αὐτῆσ ἐξ ὑγρῶν οὖσα συνεχῆ τὴν ἐπιφορὰν ἔχει καὶ τὴν ἀνάλωσιν· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 47 2:1)
  • "ὁμοῦ δὲ προβαινόντων, ἅμα τὴν τῆσ αἰσθήσεωσ ἐπιφορὰν ἀναγκαῖον ποιεῖσθαι. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 353)
  • ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι πολλῶν προσώπων ἁψαμένων βρόχουσ ἐπὶ λύπαισ ἔπαθον οὕτω κατὰ τὴν παλαιὰν ἱστορίαν καὶ αἱ Λυκαμβίδεσ, ἐπὶ τοῖσ Ἀρχιλόχου ποιήμασι μὴ φέρουσαι τὴν ἐπιφορὰν τῶν ἐκείνου σκωμμάτων. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section31)
  • τὴν δ’ ἑτέραν, τὴν τοῦ ἀνομοίου δόσιν τε καὶ ἐπιφοράν, οὐκ ὀρθήν, καὶ ψευδῆ ὅταν ἐπ’ ὀνόμασιν ᾖ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 285:3)

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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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