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κεφάλαιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κεφάλαιον κεφαλαίου

Structure: κεφαλαι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. main point, gist

Declension

Second 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

  • τὰσ γὰρ ἀποφάσεισ ταύτασ τὰσ ὑπὲρ τῶν χρημάτων Ἁρπάλου πάσασ ὁμοίωσ ἡ βουλὴ πεποίηται καὶ τὰσ αὐτὰσ κατὰ πάντων, καὶ οὐδεμιᾷ προσγέγραφεν διὰ τί ἕκαστον ἀπο[φαί]νει, ἀλλὰ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου γράψασα ὁπόσον ἕκαστοσ εἴληφεν χρυσίον, τοῦτ’ οὖν [ὀφε]ιλέτω. (Hyperides, Speeches, 3:6)
  • ἐπὶ κεφαλαί[ου δ]ὲ οὐκ ὀκνήσω εἰπεῖν [περ]ὶ αὐτῆσ. (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 4:2)
  • "ὧν ὁ μὲν Εὐκλείδησ ἀποφθεγγόμενοσ οὐκ ἀνάξια βιβλίου καὶ μνήμησ ἐν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἦν ἀηδὴσ καὶ ψυχρόσ, ὁ δὲ Φιλόξενοσ οὐδὲν ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου περιττὸν λέγων ὃ τι λαλήσειεν, εἰ πικρανθείη πρόσ τινα τῶν συζώντων καὶ διηγήσαιτο, πᾶν ἐπαφροδισίασ καὶ χάριτοσ ἦν μεστόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 40 3:5)
  • "ὑπὲρ οὗ νῦν μὲν ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 56 3:2)
  • νῦν μὲν οὖν τύπῳ καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου λέγομεν, ἀρκούμενοι αὐτῷ τούτῳ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 77:2)

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