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καταβολή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταβολή

Structure: καταβολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: kataba/llw

Sense

  1. a throwing or laying down
  2. a foundation, beginning
  3. a paying down
  4. a periodical attack of illness, a fit, access

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καταβολή καταβολᾱ́ καταβολαί
Genitive καταβολῆς καταβολαῖν καταβολῶν
Dative καταβολῇ καταβολαῖν καταβολαῖς
Accusative καταβολήν καταβολᾱ́ καταβολᾱ́ς
Vocative καταβολή καταβολᾱ́ καταβολαί

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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ αἱ καταβολαὶ τῶν προσόδων παρῆσαν, ἔφησεν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ χρείαν εἶναι καὶ τούτων, ἐκείνοισ δὲ ὕστερον ἀποδώσειν σὺν τόκῳ. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 104:3)
  • πῶσ οὖν οὐχ ἅπαντ’ ἀνάγκη καταλυθῆναι τὰ τῆσ πόλεωσ, ὅταν αἱ μὲν τῶν τελῶν καταβολαὶ μὴ ὦσ’ ἱκαναὶ τῇ διοικήσει, ἀλλ’ ἐνδέῃ πολλῶν, καὶ μηδὲ ταῦτ’ ἀλλ’ ἢ περὶ λήγοντα τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ᾖ λαβεῖν, τὰ δὲ προσκαταβλήματα τοὺσ μὴ τιθέντασ μὴ ᾖ κυρία δεῖν ἡ βουλὴ μηδὲ τὰ δικαστήρια, ἀλλὰ καθιστῶσιν ἐγγυητὰσ ἄχρι τῆσ ἐνάτησ πρυτανείασ; (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 150:1)

Synonyms

  1. a throwing or laying down

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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