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λῆμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λῆμα λῆματος

Structure: ληματ (Stem)

Etym.: la/w2

Sense

  1. will, desire, resolve, purpose, mind
  2. temper of mind, spirit
  3. courage, resolution
  4. insolence, arrogance, audacity

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

  • τὰ δὲ τοιαῦτα λήματα καὶ τὰσ φιλοτιμίασ αὐτόσ ἀνέθρεψε καὶ κατεσκεύασε Καῖσαρ, πρῶτον μὲν τῷ χαρίζεσθαι καὶ τιμᾶν ἀφειδῶσ ἐνδεικνύμενοσ ὅτι τὸν πλοῦτον οὐκ εἰσ τρυφὴν ἰδίαν οὐδέ τινασ ἡδυπαθείασ ἐκ τῶν πολέμων ἀθροίζει, κοινὰ δὲ ἆθλα τῆσ ἀνδραγαθίασ παρ’ αὐτῷ φυλασσόμενα ἀπόκειται, καὶ μέτεστιν ἐκείνῳ τοῦ πλουτεῖν ὅσα τοῖσ ἀξίοισ τῶν στρατιωτῶν δίδωσιν ἔπειτα τῷ πάντα μὲν κίνδυνον ἑκὼν ὑφίστασθαι, πρὸσ μηδένα δὲ τῶν πόνων ἀπαγορεύειν. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 17 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. will

  2. temper of mind

  3. insolence

Related

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

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