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π̓ιγραφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: π̓ιγραφή

Structure: π̓ιγραφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inscription

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

  • ὁ δὲ πιστεύσασ τῇ ἀποπομπῇ τοῦ μισθοῦ καὶ τῇ ἐπιγραφῇ τοῦ βιβλίου, πρὸσ μίαν ἐρώτησιν ‐ ἦν δὲ αὕτη· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 54:4)
  • καὶ εὑρέθη κεῖθι ὁ Τόξαρισ τεθαμμένοσ τῇ τε ἐπιγραφῇ γνωσθείσ, εἰ καὶ μὴ πᾶσα ἐφαίνετο ἔτι, καὶ μάλιστα, ὅτι ἐπὶ τῇ στήλῃ Σκύθησ ἀνὴρ ἐγκεκόλαπτο, τῇ λαιᾷ μὲν τόξον ἔχων ἐντεταμένον, τῇ δεξιᾷ δὲ βιβλίον, ὡσ ἐδόκει. (Lucian, Scytha 4:2)
  • οὔπω δὲ πέντε ὅλουσ διελθὼν σταδίουσ εὑρ͂ον ἱερὸν Ποσειδῶνοσ, ὡσ ἐδήλου ἡ ἐπιγραφή, καὶ μετ’ οὐ πολὺ καὶ τάφουσ πολλοὺσ καὶ στήλασ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν πλησίον τε πηγὴν ὕδατοσ διαυγοῦσ, ἔτι δὲ καὶ κυνὸσ ὑλακὴν ἠκούομεν καὶ καπνὸσ ἐφαίνετο πόρρωθεν καί τινα καὶ ἔπαυλιν εἰκάζομεν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 32:6)
  • Ιὄβασ γὰρ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐν ταῖσ Ὁμοιότησι τὸν αὐτὸν εἶναί φησι τραπεζοκόμον καὶ τὸν ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων καλούμενον στρούκτωρα, παρατιθέμενοσ ἐκ δράματοσ Ἀλεξάνδρου ᾧ ἐπιγραφὴ Πότοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 70 1:2)
  • χάριν ἀπώσασθαι καὶ φιλοφροσύνην πρὸσ τοῦτο ῥυέντοσ, ῶσπερ οὐκ ἀργυρίτην οὐδὲ δωρίτην ἀγῶνα πολιτείασ ἀγωνιζομένοισ ἀλλ’ ἱερὸν ὡσ ἀληθῶσ καὶ στεφανίτην, ἐπιγραφή τισ ἀρκεῖ καὶ πινάκιον καὶ ψήφισμα καὶ θαλλόσ, ὡσ Ἐπιμενίδησ ἔλαβεν ἐξ ἀκροπόλεωσ καθήρασ τὴν πόλιν. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 27 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. an inscription

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

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