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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

  • ἄρτι δὲ τῆσ ἀνατολῆσ διαδεχομένησ προσέβαλον ἑκάτεροι, οἱ μὲν ἔγγυον ἔχοντεσ εὐημερίασ καὶ νίκησ μετ̓ ἀρετῆσ τὴν ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον καταφυγήν, οἱ δὲ καθηγεμόνα τῶν ἀγώνων ταττόμενοι τὸν θυμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:28)
  • ὅτι σύ, Κύριε, ἡ ἐλπίσ μου. τὸν Ὕψιστον ἔθου καταφυγήν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 90:9)
  • καὶ ἐγένετό μοι Κύριοσ εἰσ καταφυγὴν καὶ ὁ Θεόσ μου εἰσ βοηθὸν ἐλπίδοσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 93:22)
  • διδάσκει δέ, ὡσ οὐ Μεσσηνίοισ τοῖσ οὐκέτ’ οὖσιν ἀλλὰ δούλοισ καὶ εἵλωσιν ὁρμητήριον καὶ καταφυγὴν παρέξουσι τὴν πόλιν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 9 1:1)
  • ἔχει γὰρ καταφυγὴν θὴρ μὲν πέτραν, δοῦλοσ δὲ βωμοὺσ θεῶν, πόλισ δὲ πρὸσ πόλιν ἔπτηξε χειμασθεῖσα· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 5:17)

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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