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ἐπίχαρμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίχαρμα ἐπίχαρματος

Structure: ἐπιχαρματ (Stem)

Etym.: e)pixai/rw

Sense

  1. an object of malignant joy
  2. malignant joy

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 ἰδὼν Μωυσῆσ τὸν λαὸν ὅτι διεσκέδασται, διεσκέδασε γὰρ αὐτοὺσ Ἀαρὼν ἐπίχαρμα τοῖσ ὑπεναντίοισ αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:25)
  • καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον σάκκῳ περιέβαλον καὶ ἐβόησαν πρὸσ τὸν Θεὸν Ἰσραὴλ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐκτενῶσ τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι εἰσ διαρπαγὴν τὰ νήπια αὐτῶν καὶ τὰσ γυναῖκασ εἰσ προνομὴν καὶ τὰσ πόλεισ τῆσ κληρονομίασ αὐτῶν εἰσ ἀφανισμὸν καὶ τὰ ἅγια εἰσ βεβήλωσιν καὶ ὀνειδισμόν, ἐπίχαρμα τοῖσ ἔθνεσι. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 4:12)
  • ψυχὴ πονηρὰ ἀπολεῖ τὸν κτησάμενον αὐτὴν καὶ ἐπίχαρμα ἐχθρῶν ποιήσει αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 6:4)
  • ἐὰν χορηγήσῃσ τῇ ψυχῇ σου εὐδοκίαν ἐπιθυμίασ, ποιήσει σε ἐπίχαρμα τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:31)
  • ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ ἀδιατρέπτῳ στερέωσον φυλακήν, μήποτε ποιήσῃ σε ἐπίχαρμα ἐχθροῖσ, λαλιὰν ἐν πόλει καὶ ἔκκλητον λαοῦ, καὶ καταισχύνῃ σε ἐν πλήθει πολλῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 42:11)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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