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καταστροφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταστροφή καταστροφῆς

Structure: καταστροφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: katastre/fw

Sense

  1. overturning
  2. subjugation, reduction
  3. return of vibrating string to axial position
  4. end, close, conclusion
  5. ruin, undoing, disaster, catastrophe

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καταστροφή καταστροφᾱ́ καταστροφαί
Genitive καταστροφῆς καταστροφαῖν καταστροφῶν
Dative καταστροφῇ καταστροφαῖν καταστροφαῖς
Accusative καταστροφήν καταστροφᾱ́ καταστροφᾱ́ς
Vocative καταστροφή καταστροφᾱ́ καταστροφαί

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 ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐκτρίψαι Κύριον πάσασ τὰσ πόλεισ τῆσ περιοίκου, ἐμνήσθη ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ Ἁβραὰμ καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε τὸν Λὼτ ἐκ μέσου τῆσ καταστροφῆσ, ἐν τῷ καταστρέψαι Κύριον τὰσ πόλεισ, ἐν αἷσ κατῴκει ἐν αὐταῖσ Λώτ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:29)
  • Καὶ ἤγγισαν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ Ματταθίου ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ εἶπε τοῖσ υἱοῖσ αὐτοῦ. νῦν ἐστηρίχθη ὑπερηφανία καὶ ἐλεγμὸσ καὶ καιρὸσ καταστροφῆσ καὶ ὀργὴ θυμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 2:49)
  • ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτου τοῦ ἀνδρόσ, ὡσ φαῦλοσ τὸν βίον ἐγένετο καὶ ὡσ σὺν τῷ ἀδελφῷ μικροῦ δεῖν καταστροφῆσ αἴτιοσ ὑπῆρξεν, προϊόντοσ τοῦ λόγου δηλώσομεν. (Flavius Josephus, 50:1)
  • χρωμένῳ δὲ Κατρεῖ περὶ καταστροφῆσ τοῦ βίου ὁ θεὸσ ἔφη ὑπὸ ἑνὸσ τῶν τέκνων τεθνήξεσθαι. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 2 1:2)
  • Σίκκιοσ μὲν δὴ τοιαύτησ καταστροφῆσ ἔτυχεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 26 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. subjugation

  2. end

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