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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

  • ὅτι ἐπαινεῖται ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸσ ἐν ταῖσ ἐπιθυμίαισ τῆσ ψυχῆσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ ἀδικῶν ἐνευλογεῖται. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 9:24)
  • ἐν ἐπιθυμίαισ ἐστὶ πᾶσ ἀεργόσ, χεῖρεσ δὲ ἀνδρείων ἐν ἐπιμελείᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 13:4)
  • μὴ ἐξακολούθει τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ἐπιθυμίαισ καρδίασ σου, (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 5:2)
  • τὰσ ὁδοὺσ αὐτῆσ ἐπλάτυνεν ἐφ’ ὕδατα ἐρήμου, ἐν ἐπιθυμίαισ ψυχῆσ αὐτῆσ ἐπνευματοφορεῖτο, παρεδόθη. τίσ ἐπιστρέψει αὐτήν̣ πάντεσ οἱ ζητοῦντεσ αὐτὴν οὐ κοπιάσουσιν, ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτῆσ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 2:23)
  • καὶ γὰρ τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον εἰώθατε τοὺσ ἄλλουσ ἅπαντασ ἐκβάλλειν πλὴν τοὺσ συναγορεύοντασ ταῖσ ἐπιθυμίαισ ὑμῶν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 16 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. yearning

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