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ἐπικούρησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπικούρησις ἐπικούρησεως

Structure: ἐπικουρησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pikoure/w

Sense

  1. protection, against

Examples

  • Πολὺσ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοσ ὅμιλοσ ἐν τῇ στάσει διέφθαρτο καὶ δήμαρχοσ ἕτεροσ, ὁ τοῦ Γράκχου παῖσ εἶναι νομιζόμενοσ, πρώτην δημαρχῶν ἐκείνην ἡμέραν, οὐδένα ἔτι ὠφελούσησ οὔτε ἐλευθερίασ οὔτε δημοκρατίασ οὔτε νόμων οὔτε ἀξιώσεωσ οὔτε ἀρχῆσ, ὅπου καὶ ἡ τῶν δημάρχων ἔσ τε κώλυσιν ἁμαρτημάτων καὶ ἐσ ἐπικούρησιν τῶν δημοτῶν γενομένη, ἱερὰ καὶ ἄσυλοσ οὖσα, τοιάδε ὕβριζε καὶ τοιάδε ἔπασχεν. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 4 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. protection

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

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