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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)
  • πρῶτον μὲν γάρ, εἰ δεῖ τὰ κοινὰ τῶν ἰδίων εἰπεῖν πρότερον, τίν’ ἡμῖν ἡ πόλισ ἐπιτάξει τρόπον, ἄν τι δέῃ ποιεῖν; (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 10:1)
  • διὸ λέγουσιν οὐ καλῶσ οἱ λόγου τοὺσ δούλουσ ἀποστεροῦντεσ καὶ φάσκοντεσ ἐπιτάξει χρῆσθαι μόνον· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 1 187:3)
  • ἡ γὰρ ἐπίταξισ ἡ περὶ τῶν ἀναγκαίων οὐδενὸσ μετέχει τῶν καλῶν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 50:3)
  • εἰσὶ γὰρ αἱ πράξεισ τῆσ πόλεωσ τῶν μὲν ἀρχόντων τῶν δ’ ἀρχομένων, ἄρχοντοσ δ’ ἐπίταξισ καὶ κρίσισ ἔργον· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 81:2)
  • εἰ μὲν γὰρ προσδοξάσαι λέγει ᾗ διαφέρει τι τῶν ἄλλων, πάνυ γελοία γίγνεται ἡ ἐπίταξισ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 408:4)

Synonyms

  1. injunction

  2. a command

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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