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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

  • στέφανοσ καυχήσεωσ γῆρασ, ἐν δὲ ὁδοῖσ δικαιοσύνησ εὑρίσκεται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 16:27)
  • τίσ ἐδοκιμάσθη ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐτελειώθη̣ καὶ ἔσται αὐτῷ εἰσ καύχησιν. τίσ ἐδύνατο παραβῆναι καὶ οὐ παρέβη, καὶ ποιῆσαι κακὰ καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησε̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 31:10)
  • ἐσπείρατε πυροὺσ καὶ ἀκάνθασ θερίζετε. οἱ κλῆροι αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠφελήσουσιν αὐτούσ. αἰσχύνθητε ἀπὸ καυχήσεωσ ὑμῶν, ἀπὸ ὀνειδισμοῦ ἔναντι Κυρίου. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 12:13)
  • καὶ ἔδωκα ἐνώτιον περὶ τὸν μυκτῆρά σου καὶ τροχίσκουσ ἐπὶ τὰ ὦτά σου καὶ στέφανον καυχήσεωσ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 16:12)
  • καὶ φωνὴν ἁρμονίασ ἀνεκρούοντο, καὶ πρὸσ ἄνδρασ ἐκ πλήθουσ ἀνθρώπων ἥκοντασ ἐκ τῆσ ἐρήμου, καὶ ἐδίδοσαν ψέλλια ἐπὶ τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτῶν καὶ στέφανον καυχήσεωσ ἐπὶ τὰσ κεφαλὰσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 23:42)
  • 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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