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ἐπίφορος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίφορος ἐπίφορον

Structure: ἐπιφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pife/rw

Sense

  1. carrying towards, favourable
  2. sloping
  3. near the time of bringing forth

Examples

  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. sloping

Related

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

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