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καύχησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καύχησις καύχησεως

Structure: καυχησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kauxa/omai

Sense

  1. reason to boast

Declension

Third declension

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

  • πᾶσα καύχησισ τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν. (IAKWBOU, chapter 1 97:2)
  • Ποῦ οὖν ἡ καύχησισ; (PROS RWMAIOUS, chapter 1 98:1)
  • Ἡ γὰρ καύχησισ ἡμῶν αὕτη ἐστίν, τὸ μαρτύριον τῆσ συνειδήσεωσ ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐν ἁγιότητι καὶ εἰλικρινίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ, [καὶ] οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ σαρκικῇ ἀλλ’ ἐν χάριτι θεοῦ, ἀνεστράφημεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, περισσοτέρωσ δὲ πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ· (PROS KORINQIOUS B, chapter 1 15:1)
  • πολλή μοι παρρησία πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ, πολλή μοι καύχησισ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν· (PROS KORINQIOUS B, chapter 7 5:1)
  • ὅτι εἴ τι αὐτῷ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν κεκαύχημαι, οὐ κατῃσχύνθην, ἀλλ’ ὡσ πάντα ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐλαλήσαμεν ὑμῖν, οὕτωσ καὶ ἡ καύχησισ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ Τίτου ἀλήθεια ἐγενήθη. (PROS KORINQIOUS B, chapter 7 15:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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