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ἐπιφροσύνη?

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: epiphrosynē

Principal Part: ἐπιφροσύνη

Structure: ἐπιφροσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ἐπίφρων

Sense

  1. thoughtfulness

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπιφροσύνη ἐπιφροσύνα ἐπιφροσύναι
Genitive ἐπιφροσύνης ἐπιφροσύναιν ἐπιφροσυνῶν
Dative ἐπιφροσύνῃ ἐπιφροσύναιν ἐπιφροσύναις
Accusative ἐπιφροσύνην ἐπιφροσύνα ἐπιφροσύνας
Vocative ἐπιφροσύνη ἐπιφροσύνα 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)
  • σὺ δ ἐμῆς φιλότητος ἁμαρτὼν ὕστερον ἡμετέρην γνώσῃ ἐπιφροσύνην. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389621)
  • Ὦ παῖ, μή μ ἀδίκει -- ἔτι σοι καταθύμιος εἶναι βούλομ -- ἐπιφροσύνῃ τοῦτο συνεὶς ἀγαθῇ: (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389763)
  • ἔνθα κε δὴ δύστηνος ὑπὲρ μόρον ὤλετ Ὀδυσσεύς, εἰ μὴ ἐπιφροσύνην δῶκε γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 45:7)
  • ἐνιδὼν γὰρ ἐμπορίᾳ τε καὶ ναυμαχίᾳ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς οὖσιν ἀμφοτέροις, ἐνεῖδον γεωργίᾳ τε καὶ ἐμπορίᾳ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς οὖσιν ἀμφοτέροις, καὶ Βουζύγης τις ὑπῆλθέ με τῶν ἐξ ἀκροπόλεως, καὶ ὡς οὐκ ἦν τῷ γεωργῷ οὔτε τὸ ἄροτρον οὔτ, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὸ ἄροτρον, τό γε ζεῦξαι τὰς βοῦς, εἰ μὴ ἐπιφροσύνην δῶκε γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη, δι ἧς ἄροτρον μὲν καὶ ναῦς ἐδημιουργήθη, ἐζεύχθησαν δὲ ἵπποι καὶ βόες. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:3)

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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