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ἐπιφροσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιφροσύνη

Structure: ἐπιφροσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)pi/frwn

Sense

  1. thoughtfulness

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπιφροσύνη ἐπιφροσύνᾱ ἐπιφροσύναι
Genitive ἐπιφροσύνης ἐπιφροσύναιν ἐπιφροσυνῶν
Dative ἐπιφροσύνῃ ἐπιφροσύναιν ἐπιφροσύναις
Accusative ἐπιφροσύνην ἐπιφροσύνᾱ ἐπιφροσύνᾱς
Vocative ἐπιφροσύνη ἐπιφροσύνᾱ ἐπιφροσύναι

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

  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτε τισ νύμφη θαλερὸν πόσιν ἐν θαλάμοισιν μύρεται, ᾧ μιν ὄπασσαν ἀδελφεοὶ ἠδὲ τοκῆεσ, οὐδέ τί πω πάσαισ ἐπιμίσγεται ἀμφιπόλοισιν αἰδοῖ ἐπιφροσύνῃ τε· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 11:31)
  • Ὦ παῖ, μή μ’ ἀδίκει ‐‐ ἔτι σοι καταθύμιοσ εἶναι βούλομ’ ‐‐ ἐπιφροσύνῃ τοῦτο συνεὶσ ἀγαθῇ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389763)

Synonyms

  1. thoughtfulness

Similar forms

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

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