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ἐπιθύμημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιθύμημα ἐπιθύμηματος

Structure: ἐπιθυμηματ (Stem)

Etym.: from e)piqume/w

Sense

  1. an object of desire

Declension

Third 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

  • καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν μαστῶν κόπτεσθε ἀπὸ ἀγροῦ ἐπιθυμήματοσ καὶ ἀμπέλου γεννήματοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 32:12)
  • πόλισ πλουσία, οἶκοι ἐγκαταλελειμμένοι πλοῦτον πόλεωσ καὶ οἴκουσ ἐπιθυμήματοσ ἀφήσουσι. καὶ ἔσονται αἱ κῶμαι σπήλαια ἕωσ τοῦ αἰῶνοσ, εὐφροσύνη ὄνων ἀγρίων, βοσκήματα ποιμένων, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 32:14)

Synonyms

  1. an object of desire

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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