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καταφυγή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταφυγή

Structure: καταφυγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a refuge, place of refuge, refuge from
  2. a way of escape, excuse

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καταφυγή καταφυγᾱ́ καταφυγαί
Genitive καταφυγῆς καταφυγαῖν καταφυγῶν
Dative καταφυγῇ καταφυγαῖν καταφυγαῖς
Accusative καταφυγήν καταφυγᾱ́ καταφυγᾱ́ς
Vocative καταφυγή καταφυγᾱ́ καταφυγαί

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

  • αἱ γὰρ τῶν ἄλλων ἀδικημάτων καταφυγαὶ τούτοισ εἰσὶν ἐργασίαι, νόμοι, δικαστήρια, μάρτυρεσ, ἀγοραί· (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 95:3)
  • ἀλλὰ χρὴ τὸν ἐνθάδε ὑπομένοντα ἤδη τείχη τ’ ἀνορθοῦν, ὅσα πέπτωκε, καὶ τάφρουσ ἀνακαθαίρειν καὶ φρούρια ὀχυροῦν, ἵνα τοῖσ γεωργοῦσι τὴν χώραν ὑπάρχωσι καταφυγαί, στρατιάν τ’ ἄλλην προσκαταγράφειν καὶ τροφὰσ τοῖσ ἔξω οὖσιν ἐπιχορηγεῖν καὶ ὅπλα χαλκεύειν καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο ἀναγκαῖον ἔσται πρᾶγμα ὀξέωσ ὑπηρετεῖν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 13 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. a refuge

  2. a way of escape

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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