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λῆψις

Third declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λῆψις λῆψεως

Structure: ληψι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: lh/yomai

Sense

  1. a taking hold, seizing, catching, seizure
  2. an accepting, receiving, receipts

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λῆψις λήψει λήψεις
Genitive λήψεως λήψοιν λήψεων
Dative λήψει λήψοιν λήψεσιν*
Accusative λῆψιν λήψει λήψεις
Vocative λῆψι λήψει λήψεις

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

  • ἐξόλλυσιν ἑαυτὸν ὁ δωρολήπτησ, ὁ δὲ μισῶν δώρων λήψεισ σώζεται. . (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:28)
  • τούτων δὲ κειμένων ἀνάγκη τάσ τε λήψεισ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθὰσ εἶναι καὶ τὰσ τῶν κακῶν ἀποβολάσ· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 6 4:1)
  • καὶ πᾶσαι δὴ αἱ τοιαῦται λήψεισ ἀνελεύθεροι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 40:2)
  • ἔκ τε γὰρ τῶν τοιούτων μέγισται λήψεισ καὶ πλεῖσταί εἰσι τοῖσ βασιλεῦσιν, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ὁ βασιλικὸσ φόροσ οὐκ ὀλίγοσ γίγνεται, ὃν τελοῦσιν οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι τοῖσ βασιλεῦσιν. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 121:2)
  • τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ἐναντία λέγεται τὰ μὲν τῷ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔχειν, τὰ δὲ τῷ δεκτικὰ εἶναι τῶν τοιούτων, τὰ δὲ τῷ ποιητικὰ ἢ παθητικὰ εἶναι τῶν τοιούτων, ἢ ποιοῦντα ἢ πάσχοντα, ἢ ἀποβολαὶ ἢ λήψεισ, ἢ ἕξεισ ἢ στερήσεισ εἶναι τῶν τοιούτων. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 5 121:1)

Synonyms

  1. a taking hold

Related

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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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