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φυγή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυγή φυγῆς

Structure: φυγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: feu/gw

Sense

  1. flight, retreat, escape
  2. exile, banishment

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

  • οὐ γάρ, ὡσ Ἀριστοτέλησ συνεβούλευεν αὐτῷ, τοῖσ μὲν Ἕλλησιν ἡγεμονικῶσ τοῖσ δὲ βαρβάροισ δεσποτικῶσ χρώμενοσ, καὶ τῶν μὲν ὡσ φίλων καὶ οἰκείων ἐπιμελούμενοσ τοῖσ δ’ ὡσ ζῴοισ ἢ φυτοῖσ προσφερόμενοσ, πολέμων πολλῶν καὶ φυγῶν ἐνέπλησε καὶ στάσεων ὑπούλων τὴν ἡγεμονίαν· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 6 1:2)
  • εἰ προσέχοισ τὸν νοῦν ἐν ταῖσ μετὰ φιλίασ ἀνθιππασίαισ οἱοῖ ἀποβαίνουσιν ἐκ τῶν διώξεων τε καὶ φυγῶν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 6:4)
  • Περὶ αἱρέσεων καὶ φυγῶν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 27:11)
  • Χίουσ μέν γε προθυμοτάτουσ τῶν νησιωτῶν περὶ αὐτοὺσ γενομένουσ καὶ σχεδὸν πᾶσι τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν ἄρξαντασ τῆσ ἀφ’ ἡμῶν ἀποστάσεωσ τὴν πολιτείαν καὶ τὰ τείχη παρείλοντο, καὶ τοσούτων φυγῶν καὶ σφαγῶν ἐνέπλησαν, ὥστε εἰρήνην αὐτοῖσ εἶναι δόξαι πάσασ τὰσ τοῦ πολέμου ταλαιπωρίασ· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 11:1)
  • φυγὼν θανάτου τ[! (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 20 1:5)
  • τίσ ὁ μέγα θρασὺσ ἐπεύξεται χέρα φυγὼν ἐμάν; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, strophe 12)
  • οὐ μὴ φρενώσεισ μ’, ἀλλὰ δέσμιοσ φυγὼν σῴσῃ τόδ’; (Euripides, episode, trochees 10:11)
  • βέβηκ’ Ἀθήνασ νέρθεν ἄσμενοσ φυγών. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 5:24)
  • πλείστασ δὲ καὶ φυγὼν δημοσίασ δίκασ καὶ διώξασ πολλὰσ μὲν εἷλε, πάσασ δ’ ἀπέφυγε, πρόβλημα τοῦ βίου καὶ δραστήριον ὄργανον ἔχων τὸν λόγον, ᾧ δικαιότερον ἄν τισ ἢ τύχῃ καὶ δαίμονι τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ τὸ μηδὲν παθεῖν παρ’ ἀξίαν ἀνατιθείη. (Plutarch, Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato, chapter 2 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. flight

  2. exile

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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