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εὕρημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὕρημα εὕρηματος

Structure: εὑρηματ (Stem)

Etym.: eu(rei=n

Sense

  1. an invention, discovery
  2. an invention, for or against, a remedy
  3. that which is found unexpectedly, a piece of good luck, godsend, windfall, prize
  4. a foundling

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative εὕρημα εὑρήματε εὑρήματα
Genitive εὑρήματος εὑρημάτοιν εὑρημάτων
Dative εὑρήματι εὑρημάτοιν εὑρήμασιν*
Accusative εὕρημα εὑρήματε εὑρήματα
Vocative εύ̔ρημα εὑρήματε εὑρήματα

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

  • ἢν δ’ ἐμοὶ καὶ τοῖσιν ἐμοῖσ εὐφραίνησθ’ εὑρήμασιν, ἐσ τὰσ ὡρ́ασ τὰσ ἑτέρασ εὖ φρονεῖν δοκήσετε. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parabasis, parabasis19)
  • οὐ γὰρ ποιοῦσι τὰ διαγράμματα ἕκαστοι τούτων, ἀλλὰ τὰ ὄντα ἀνευρίσκουσιν ‐ ἅτε οὖν χρῆσθαι αὐτοὶ αὐτοῖσ οὐκ ἐπιστάμενοι, ἀλλὰ θηρεῦσαι μόνον, παραδιδόασι δήπου τοῖσ διαλεκτικοῖσ καταχρῆσθαι αὐτῶν τοῖσ εὑρήμασιν, ὅσοι γε αὐτῶν μὴ παντάπασιν ἀνόητοί εἰσιν. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 222:1)
  • εἶναι γὰρ τὴν μὲν φύσιν θεοῦ ποίησιν, τὸν δὲ νόμον ἀνθρώπου θέσιν, καὶ δικαιότερον εἶναι χρῆσθαι τοῖσ τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ τοῖσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων εὑρήμασιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri ix, chapter 26 5:4)

Synonyms

  1. an invention

  2. an invention

Related

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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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