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ἐρώτησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρώτησις ἐρώτησεως

Structure: ἐρωτησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)rwta/w

Sense

  1. a questioning

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

  • λύων γὰρ τὰ πεπεμμένα βιβλία καὶ ἀναγιγνώσκων, εἴ τι εὑρ́οι ἐπισφαλὲσ καὶ παρακεκινδυνευμένον ἐν ταῖσ ἐρωτήσεσιν, κατεῖχεν αὐτὸσ καὶ οὐκ ἀπέπεμπεν, ὡσ ὑποχειρίουσ καὶ μονονουχὶ δούλουσ διὰ τὸ δέοσ ἔχοι τοὺσ πεπομφότασ, μεμνημένουσ οἱᾶ ἦν ἃ ἤροντο. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 32:2)
  • πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ἐν ταῖσ τῶν πέλασ ἐρωτήσεσιν ἑαυτὸν ἐθιζέτω σιωπᾶν μέχρι οὗ πάντεσ ἀπείπωνται τὴν ἀπόκρισιν οὐ γάρ τι βουλῆσ ταὐτὸ καὶ δρόμου τέλοσ, ὥσ φησι Σοφοκλῆσ, οὐδέ γε φωνῆσ καὶ ἀποκρίσεωσ· (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 192)
  • ἐν ἅπασιν οὖν τούτοισ εὐλαβητέον ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα, μήτε συνεκπίπτοντα τοῖσ ἐπαίνοισ μήτε ταῖσ ἐρωτήσεσιν ἑαυτὸν προϊέμενον. (Plutarch, De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando, section 221)
  • μόγισ δὲ τριβόμενα πρὸσ ἄλληλα αὐτῶν ἕκαστα, ὀνόματα καὶ λόγοι ὄψεισ τε καὶ αἰσθήσεισ, ἐν εὐμενέσιν ἐλέγχοισ ἐλεγχόμενα καὶ ἄνευ φθόνων ἐρωτήσεσιν καὶ ἀποκρίσεσιν χρωμένων, ἐξέλαμψε φρόνησισ περὶ ἕκαστον καὶ νοῦσ, συντείνων ὅτι μάλιστ’ εἰσ δύναμιν ἀνθρωπίνην. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 134:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ περὶ τοῦ ἴσου νῦν ὁ λόγοσ ἡμῖν μᾶλλόν τι ἢ καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ καλοῦ καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ δικαίου καὶ ὁσίου καί, ὅπερ λέγω, περὶ ἁπάντων οἷσ ἐπισφραγιζόμεθα τὸ "αὐτὸ ὃ ἔστι" καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἐρωτήσεσιν ἐρωτῶντεσ καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἀποκρίσεσιν ἀποκρινόμενοι. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 324:2)

Synonyms

  1. a questioning

Related

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

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