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ἔτυμον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔτυμον ἐτύμου

Structure: ἐτυμ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. the true sense of a word according to its origins, its etymology

Declension

Second 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

  • 2οὐδ’ αὐτή σ1’ ἡ λέξισ, ἀκοινώνητε, διδάσκει, ἐξ ἐτύμου φωνῆσ ῥήμασιν ἑλκομένη; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 2551)
  • τοὺσ δ’ οὖν κατ’ Αἴγυπτον ἀνθρώπουσ τὸ παλαιὸν γενομένουσ, ἀναβλέψαντασ εἰσ τὸν κόσμον καὶ τὴν τῶν ὅλων φύσιν καταπλαγέντασ τε καὶ θαυμάσαντασ, ὑπολαβεῖν εἶναι δύο θεοὺσ ἀιδίουσ τε καὶ πρώτουσ, τόν τε ἥλιον καὶ τὴν σελήνην, ὧν τὸν μὲν Ὄσιριν, τὴν δὲ Ἶσιν ὀνομάσαι, ἀπό τινοσ ἐτύμου τεθείσησ ἑκατέρασ τῆσ προσηγορίασ ταύτησ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 11 1:1)
  • τούτῳ δ’ ἐοικέναι τοὺσ Ἀρμενίουσ καὶ τοὺσ Ἄραβασ καὶ Ἐρεμβούσ, τάχα τῶν πάλαι Ἑλλήνων οὕτω καλούντων τοὺσ Ἄραβασ, ἅμα καὶ τοῦ ἐτύμου συνεργοῦντοσ πρὸσ τοῦτο. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 68:14)

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