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φροίμιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: φροίμιον φροίμιου

Structure: φροιμι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: contr. for prooi/mion, as frou=dos for pro\ o(dou=.

Sense

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φροίμιον φροιμίω φροίμια
Genitive φροιμίου φροιμίοιν φροιμίων
Dative φροιμίῳ φροιμίοιν φροιμίοις
Accusative φροίμιον φροιμίω φροίμια
Vocative φροίμιον φροιμίω φροίμια

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 δέ τισ ἢ φροίμιον εἴπῃ πρὸ τοῦ λόγου, ὡσ εὐνουστέρουσ ἀπεργάσαιτο αὐτούσ, ἢ οἶκτον ἢ δείνωσιν ἔξωθεν ἐπάγῃ ^ τῷ πράγματι ‐ οἱᾶ πολλὰ ῥητόρων παῖδεσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ δικαστὰσ μηχανῶνται ‐ παρελθὼν ὁ κῆρυξ κατεσιώπησεν εὐθύσ, οὐκ ἐῶν ληρεῖν πρὸσ τὴν βουλὴν καὶ περιπέττειν τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισ, ὡσ γυμνὰ τὰ γεγενημένα οἱ Ἀρεοπαγῖται βλέποιεν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 19:4)
  • καί μοι τὸ μὲν σὸν ὧδε φροιμίοισ ἔχει· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 5:1)
  • ὥσ μοι φροιμίων ἄρχῃ κακῶν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 4:8)
  • Μενέλαε, φροίμιον μὲν ἄξιον φόβου τόδ’ ἐστίν· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 1:1)
  • Ἄπολλον, οἱοίσ φροιμίοισ ἄρχῃ λόγου. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 3:4)
  • βοᾷ φόνου φροίμιον στενάζων ἄναξ. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, antistrophe 13)
  • τὸ φροίμιον μὲν τῶν λόγων οὐκ εὐτυχέσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode23)
  • αὐτόσ τ’ ἔγωγε φροίμιον χορεύσομαι. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 4:2)

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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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