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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

  • ἦσαν δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ἀδελφοὶ τέσσαρεσ μεγάλοι τε καὶ αὐτοὶ καὶ ἐπὶ μέγα προύχειν τῇ κατὰ χεῖρασ ἀρετῇ πεπιστευμένοι, πρόεχμα εἶναι τῆσ καθέξεωσ τῆσ βασιλείασ δοκοῦντεσ, λόχου τε αὐτῶν ἦρχεν ἕκαστοσ· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 17 335:1)

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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