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ἐπίταξις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίταξις ἐπιτάξεως

Structure: ἐπιταξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)pita/ssw

Sense

  1. injunction, assessment
  2. a command, order

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

  • κολάζειν δὲ ἐν δίκῃ δούλουσ δεῖ καὶ μὴ νουθετοῦντασ ὡσ ἐλευθέρουσ θρύπτεσθαι ποιεῖν, τὴν δὲ οἰκέτου πρόσρησιν χρὴ σχεδὸν ἐπίταξιν πᾶσαν γίγνεσθαι, μὴ προσπαίζοντασ μηδαμῇ μηδαμῶσ οἰκέταισ, μήτ’ οὖν θηλείαισ μήτε ἄρρεσιν; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:52)
  • "τὴν μὲν τοῦ Αἰθίοποσ ἐπίταξιν οὐδὲν ἄν τισ ἄλλο πλὴν ἀχνυμένην σκυτάλην προσείποι κατ’ Ἀρχίλοχον, ὁ δὲ σὸσ ξένοσ Ἄμασισ ἡμερώτεροσ ἐν τοῖσ τοιούτοισ προβλήμασι καὶ μουσικώτεροσ γέγονεν ἐκέλευσε γὰρ αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν τὸ πρεσβύτατον καὶ τὸ κάλλιστον καὶ τὸ μέγιστον καὶ τὸ σοφώτατον καὶ τὸ κοινότατον, καὶ ναὶ μὰ Δία πρὸσ τούτοισ τὸ ὠφελιμώτατον, καὶ τὸ βλαβερώτατον καὶ τὸ ἰσχυρότατον καὶ τὸ ῥᾷστον ἆρ’ οὖν ἀπεκρίνατο καὶ διέλυσε τούτων ἕκαστον; (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 8 1:1)
  • ὃν καὶ νῦν λέγε, ὦ Κριτία, τῷδε, ἵνα συνδοκιμάσῃ πρὸσ τὴν ἐπίταξιν εἴτ’ ἐπιτήδειοσ εἴτε ἀνεπιτήδειόσ ἐστι. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 22:2)
  • καὶ οὕτωσ ἡ μὲν σκυτάλησ ἢ ὑπέρου ἢ ὅτου δὴ λέγεται περιτροπὴ πρὸσ ταύτην τὴν ἐπίταξιν οὐδὲν ἂν λέγοι, τυφλοῦ δὲ παρακέλευσισ ἂν καλοῖτο δικαιότερον· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 408:7)
  • τὸ κατὰ τὴν τῆσ αὑτοῦ ψυχῆσ ἐπίταξιν τὰ γιγνόμενα γίγνεσθαι, μάλιστα μὲν ἅπαντα, εἰ δὲ μή, τά γε ἀνθρώπινα. (Plato, Laws, book 3 68:3)

Synonyms

  1. injunction

  2. a command

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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