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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 ἐβαρυθύμησε Μωυσῆσ σφόδρα καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ Κύριον. μὴ πρόσχῃσ εἰσ τὴν θυσίαν αὐτῶν. οὐκ ἐπιθύμημα οὐδενὸσ αὐτῶν εἴληφα, οὐδὲ ἐκάκωσα οὐδένα αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 16:15)
  • τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀμπελὼν καλὸσ ἐπιθύμημα ἐξάρχειν κατ̓ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 27:2)
  • "ὡσ σεβομένῳ γάρ σοι τὰ τόθ’ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν λεγόμενα προσέπεσεν ἐπιθύμημα ἀφυσιολόγητον τοῦ περιπλακῆναι ἡμῖν γονάτων ἐφαπτόμενον καὶ πάσησ τῆσ εἰθισμένησ ἐπιλήψεωσ γίγνεσθαι, κατὰ τὰσ σεβάσεισ τιμῶν καὶ λιτάσ· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 17 9:1)
  • φέρε δή, πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐστὶ κοινὸν ἐπιθύμημα ἕν τι τὸ νῦν ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου δηλούμενον, ὡσ αὐτόσ φησιν ὁ λόγοσ; (Plato, Laws, book 3 68:1)

Synonyms

  1. an object of desire

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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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