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ἐποποιίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐποποιίᾱ ἐποποιίας

Structure: ἐποποιι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from e)popoio/s

Sense

  1. epic poetry or an epic poem

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐποποιίᾱ ἐποποιίᾱ ἐποποιίαι
Genitive ἐποποιίᾱς ἐποποιίαιν ἐποποιιῶν
Dative ἐποποιίᾱͅ ἐποποιίαιν ἐποποιίαις
Accusative ἐποποιίᾱν ἐποποιίᾱ ἐποποιίᾱς
Vocative ἐποποιίᾱ ἐποποιίᾱ ἐποποιίαι

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

  • εἰσ ταῦτ’ οὖν τισ ἀποβλέπων, ἄνδρεσ φίλοι, εἰκότωσ ἂν ἐπαινέσειεν τὸν καλὸν Χρύσιππον κατέχοντα ἀκριβῶσ τὴν Ἐπικούρου φύσιν καὶ εἰπόντα μητρόπολιν εἶναι τῆσ φιλοσοφίασ αὐτοῦ τὴν Ἀρχεστράτου Γαστρολογίαν, ἣν πάντεσ οἱ τῶν φιλοσόφων γαστρίμαργοι Θέογνίν τινα αὑτῶν εἶναι λέγουσι τὴν καλὴν ταύτην ἐποποιίαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 63 1:2)
  • Ἕρμιπποσ δὲ οὐ Παρμενίδου, Ξενοφάνουσ δὲ γεγονέναι ζηλωτήν, ᾧ καὶ συνδιατρῖψαι καὶ μιμήσασθαι τὴν ἐποποιίαν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. b'. EMPEDOKLHS 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. epic poetry or an epic poem

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