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ἐπιθυμίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιθυμίᾱ ἐπιθυμίας

Structure: ἐπιθυμι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: e)piqume/w

Sense

  1. yearning, longing, desire, craving
  2. Often with a negative connotation: lust

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπιθυμίᾱ ἐπιθυμίᾱ ἐπιθυμίαι
Genitive ἐπιθυμίᾱς ἐπιθυμίαιν ἐπιθυμιῶν
Dative ἐπιθυμίᾱͅ ἐπιθυμίαιν ἐπιθυμίαις
Accusative ἐπιθυμίᾱν ἐπιθυμίᾱ ἐπιθυμίᾱς
Vocative ἐπιθυμίᾱ ἐπιθυμίᾱ ἐπιθυμίαι

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 ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Μνήματα τῆσ ἐπιθυμίασ, ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἔθαψαν τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐπιθυμητήν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 11:34)
  • Ἀπὸ Μνημάτων ἐπιθυμίασ ἐξῇρεν ὁ λαὸσ εἰσ Ἀσηρώθ, καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ λαὸσ ἐν Ἀσηρώθ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 11:35)
  • καὶ ἀπῇραν ἐκ τῆσ ἐρήμου Σινὰ καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν Μνήμασι τῆσ ἐπιθυμίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 33:16)
  • καὶ ἀπῇραν ἐκ Μνημάτων τῆσ ἐπιθυμίασ καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν Ἀσηρώθ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 33:17)
  • καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἐμπυρισμῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ Πειρασμῷ, καὶ ἐν τοῖσ Μνήμασι τῆσ ἐπιθυμίασ παροξύναντεσ ἦτε Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 9:22)

Synonyms

  1. yearning

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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