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ἐπικουρία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπικουρία

Structure: ἐπικουρι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: e)pikoure/w

Sense

  1. aid, succour
  2. an auxiliary or mercenary force

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

  • δοκέω γὰρ εἴ τινι βροτῶν ἀλκίμων ἐπικουρίαν καὶ τὶν ἔμμεναι νέων, ὦ Πανδίονοσ υἱὲ καὶ Κρεούσασ. (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 18 1:7)
  • τοῖσ πλείστοισ οὖν ἔδοξεν παιδεία μὲν καὶ πόνου πολλοῦ καὶ χρόνου μακροῦ καὶ δαπάνησ οὐ μικρᾶσ καὶ τύχησ δεῖσθαι λαμπρᾶσ, τὰ δ’ ἡμέτερα μικρά τε εἶναι καὶ ταχεῖάν τινα τὴν ἐπικουρίαν ἀπαιτεῖν εἰ δέ τινα τέχνην τῶν βαναύσων τούτων ἐκμάθοιμι, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον εὐθὺσ ἂν αὐτὸσ ἔχειν τὰ ἀρκοῦντα παρὰ τῆσ τέχνησ καὶ μηκέτ’ οἰκόσιτοσ εἶναι τηλικοῦτοσ ὤν, οὐκ εἰσ μακρὰν δὲ καὶ τὸν πατέρα εὐφρανεῖν ἀποφέρων ἀεὶ τὸ γιγνόμενον. (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 1:2)
  • οἲ ’γὼ τάλαινα, τίν’ ἐπικουρίαν λάβω, ἐπεὶ τὸ θεῖον δυσμενὲσ κεκτήμεθα; (Euripides, episode 2:11)
  • μὴ βουλομένων δὲ μηδὲ τολμώντων, ἀλλὰ τὴν Ἀθήνηθεν ἐπικουρίαν ἐκδεχομένων, νυκτὸσ ἄρασ καὶ λαθὼν ἅπαντασ εἰσ τὴν Λακωνικὴν κατέβη, καὶ μικροῦ ἔφθη τὴν πόλιν ἔρημον ἐξ ἐφόδου λαβεῖν καὶ κατασχεῖν. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 2 3:1)
  • ἐπικουρίαν ἐκδεχομένων, νυκτὸσ ἄρασ καὶ λαθὼν ἅπαντασ εἰσ τὴν Λακωνικὴν κατέβη , καὶ μικρὸν ἔφθη τὴν πόλιν ἔρημον ἐξ ἐφόδου λαβεῖν καὶ κατασχεῖν. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 2 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. aid

  2. an auxiliary or mercenary force

Related

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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