ἐπιφορά
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐπιφορά
Structure:
ἐπιφορ
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- 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.
- 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)
- ἔστιν αὑτοῖσ ἃ διὰ τεττάρων ἔχει κοινωνίαν, διὰ πέντε, διὰ πασῶν πάλιν ταῦτα προσάγω πρὸσ αὐτὰ τὰ διαστήματα καὶ ταῖσ ἐπιφοραῖσ εὐθὺσ οἰκείωσ πλέκω. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 60 7:9)
- "εἰ μή τισ ἄρα τῇ διελάσει φαίη τὸν ἧλον ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸν τὰ ὑγρὰ συνάγειν, ἐπιφορᾶσ ἀεὶ γιγνομένησ πρὸσ τὸ πάσχον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 6:39)
- σχεδὸν οὖν ἐν τοῖσ ὀνείδεσιν ἔχει τινὰ τομὴν ἡ τούτων τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐπιφορά· (Plato, Laws, book 12 22:2)
- ἐπιφορὰ δὲ τὸ "φῶσ ἄρα ἐστί. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 76:8)
- " ἡ γὰρ πρόσληψισ γίνεται ἐκ τοῦ ἀντικειμένου τῷ λήγοντι καὶ ἡ ἐπιφορὰ ἐκ τοῦ ἀντικειμένου τῷ ἡγουμένῳ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 80:7)
- ὧν μὲν νὴ Δί’ ἀδύνατον ἢ δυσχερὲσ τὰσ αἰτίασ καταλαβεῖν ἄνθρωπον ὄντα, περὶ τούτων ἴσωσ ἄν τισ ἀπορῶν ἐπὶ τὸν θεὸν τὴν ἀναφορὰν ποιοῖτο καὶ τὴν τύχην, οἰο͂ν ὄμβρων καὶ νιφετῶν ἐξαισίων ἐπιφορὰ συνεχήσ, ἢ τἀναντία πάλιν αὐχμῶν καὶ πάγων καὶ διὰ ταῦτα φθορὰ καρπῶν, ὁμοίωσ λοιμικαὶ διαθέσεισ συνεχεῖσ, ἄλλα παραπλήσια τούτοισ, ὧν οὐκ εὐμαρὲσ τὴν αἰτίαν εὑρεῖν. (Polybius, Histories, book 36, ii. bellum macedonicum 2:1)