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ἔπος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔπος ἔπεος

Structure: ἐπο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/pw

Sense

  1. word
  2. promise
  3. speech
  4. song
  5. subject

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

  • μάλιστα δ’ ^ ἔκ τε Ὁμήρου τοῦ ποιητέω καὶ τῶν Ἡσιόδου ἐπέων μάθοι ἄν τισ τὰ πάλαι τοῖσ ἀστρολογέουσιν ὁμοφωνέοντα. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 22:1)
  • τὰ δὲ καὶ τὸ ἔποσ αὐτὸ πολλάκισ λεῖα ὄντα οὐκ οἶδ̓ ὅπωσ παρεδέξατο. (Lucian, 8:3)
  • ἄλλο δὲ τοί τι ἔποσ ἐρέω, μέγα φέρτατε λαῶν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 31:3)
  • ὥστε ἀναμοχλεύωμεν τὴν Ὄσσαν πρῶτον, ὥσπερ ἡμῖν ὑφηγεῖται τὸ ἔποσ καὶ ὁ ἀρχιτέκτων Ὅμηροσ, αὐτὰρ ἐπ’ Ὄσσῃ Πήλιον εἰνοσίφυλλον. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 4:13)
  • οὐ γὰρ οὕτωσ ἔχει, ἀλλὰ πᾶσαν ὡσ ἔποσ εἰπεῖν ὠφέλειαν περιέχει. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 6 4:3)
  • οὐ γὰρ περὶ μικρὰ καὶ τὰ τυχόντα ἐστὶν ὁ κίνδυνοσ, ἀφαιρουμένῳ τῶν συνήθων καὶ συνεσχολακότων μοι γραμμάτων κίσσαν μου, λάλον ὄρνεον, ἐκ μέσων ὡσ ἔποσ εἰπεῖν τῶν κόλπων ἁρπάσαν κίτταν ὠνόμασεν ἀφείλετο δέ μου φάσσαν ἅμα νήσσαισ τε καὶ κοσσύφοισ ἀπαγορεύοντοσ Ἀριστάρχου· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 8:3)

Synonyms

  1. word

  2. promise

  3. speech

  4. song

  5. subject

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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