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ἐπωβελία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπωβελία

Structure: ἐπωβελι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: o)belo/s

Sense

  1. an assessment of an obol in the drachma

Declension

First 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

  • ἢ σὲ μὲν δεῖ κομίσασθαι πάντα, τὸν δὲ καὶ καταδικασάμενον καὶ δι’ ὀρφανίαν ἠδικημένον καὶ προικὸσ ἀληθινῆσ ἀπεστερημένον, ὃν μόνον ἀνθρώπων οὐδὲ τῆσ ἐπωβελίασ ἄξιον ἦν κινδυνεύειν, ἠναγκάσθαι τοιαῦτα παθεῖν, κεκομισμένον μηδ’ ὁτιοῦν, καὶ ταῦτ’ ἐθέλοντα ποιεῖν <ἐφ’> ὑμῖν αὐτοῖσ, εἴ τι τῶν δεόντων ἐβούλεσθε πράττειν; (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 19:5)
  • μέγα δ’ ἂν οἶμαι στενάξαι τὸν πατέρ’ ἡμῶν, εἰ αἴσθοιτο τῶν προικῶν καὶ τῶν δωρεῶν ὧν αὐτὸσ τούτοισ ἔδωκεν, ὑπὲρ τούτων τῆσ ἐπωβελίασ τὸν αὑτοῦ υἱὸν ἐμὲ κινδυνεύοντα, καὶ ἄλλουσ μέν τινασ ἤδη τῶν πολιτῶν οὐ μόνον συγγενῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ φίλων ἀνδρῶν ἀπορούντων θυγατέρασ παρὰ σφῶν αὐτῶν ἐκδόντασ, Ἄφοβον δὲ μηδ’ ἣν ἔλαβεν προῖκ’ ἐθέλοντ’ ἀποδοῦναι, καὶ ταῦτ’ ἔτει δεκάτῳ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 90:1)

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

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