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κάθεξις

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάθεξις κάθεξεως

Structure: καθεξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kate/xw

Sense

  1. a holding, retention

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κάθεξις καθέξει καθέξεις
Genitive καθέξεως καθέξοιν καθέξεων
Dative καθέξει καθέξοιν καθέξεσιν*
Accusative κάθεξιν καθέξει καθέξεις
Vocative κάθεξι καθέξει καθέξεις

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

  • καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖ ἡ χείρ σου ὁδηγήσει με, καὶ καθέξει με ἡ δεξιά σου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 138:10)
  • ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλῖψισ αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸσ πρωτοστάτησ πίπτων. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 15:24)
  • οὐκ ὀλίγησ δὲ τῆσ περὶ τοῦτο στάσεωσ αὐτοῖσ γενομένησ τέλοσ ἐνίκησεν ὁ Ἀλέξανδροσ, καὶ ἀφικόμενοι εἰσ τὴν Χαλκηδόνα ‐ χρήσιμον γάρ τι ὅμωσ ἡ πόλισ αὐτοῖσ ἔχειν ἔδοξε ‐ ἐν τῷ Ἀπόλλωνοσ ἱερῷ, ὅπερ ἀρχαιότατόν ἐστι τοῖσ Χαλκηδονίοισ, κατορύττουσι δέλτουσ χαλκᾶσ, λεγούσασ ὡσ αὐτίκα μάλα ὁ Ἀσκληπιὸσ σὺν τῷ πατρὶ Ἀπόλλωνι μέτεισιν εἰσ τὸν Πόντον καὶ καθέξει τὸ τοῦ Ἀβώνου τεῖχοσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 10:1)
  • τίσ δαὶ καθέξει τῆσ πόλεωσ τὸ Πελαργικόν; (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene30)
  • ἐν θεάτροισ ἐπιδείκνυται σχημάτων εἴδη καὶ μεταβολάσ, ὧν οὐδ’ ἀνθρωπίναισ μελέταισ τὸ ποικίλον καὶ περιττὸν ἐν μνήμῃ καὶ καθέξει γενέσθαι πάνυ ῥᾴδιόν ἐστιν· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 12 2:1)

Similar forms

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

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