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ἐπικαρπία

First declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπικαρπία

Etym.: karpo/s

Sense

  1. the usufruct of a property, revenue, profit

Examples

  • τετάρτη δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν κατὰ γῆν τε καὶ ἀγοραίων τελῶν γινομένη, πέμπτη δὲ ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν βοσκημάτων, ἐπικαρπία τε καὶ δεκάτη καλουμένη, ἕκτη δὲ ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων, ἐπικεφάλαιόν τε καὶ χειρωνάξιον προσαγορευομένη. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 12:1)
  • ἀλλ̓ ἐπίστασθε αὐτοὶ τὴν δύναμιν τῶν ἐμῶν χωρίων, ὅτι σπάνιον εἴ ποτε ἀπεδόμην σῖτον καὶ τοῦθ̓ ὅταν ὑπερβάλῃ τῷ πλήθει, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ τοιούτοισ ἔτεσιν οὐδὲ τὸν ἀρκοῦντα ἔχω, ἀλλ̓ ἔστι μοι ἡ πᾶσα ἐπικαρπία ἐξ οἴνου καὶ βοσκημάτων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 13:5)

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

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