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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

  • α κρείσσων ὀλίγη λῆψισ μετὰ δικαιοσύνησ ἢ πολλὰ γεννήματα μετὰ ἀδικίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:33)
  • ὃ ἐὰν παραδίδωσ, ἐν ἀριθμῷ καὶ σταθμῷ, καὶ δόσισ καὶ λῆψισ, πάντα ἐν γραφῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 42:7)
  • "πόματοσ λῆψισ τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ στομάχου καθήμενα τῷ βάρει καταφέρει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 17 1:2)
  • "ἢ γένοιτ’ ἂν δικαιοτέρα χρημάτων λῆψισ τῆσ παρὰ τοῦ δικαίωσ διδόντοσ; (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 15 3:4)
  • εἰ γὰρ αὐτὰ μὲν τὰ πρῶτα κατὰ φύσιν ἀγαθὰ μή ἐστιν, ἡ δ’ εὐλόγιστοσ ἐκλογὴ καὶ λῆψισ αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ πάντα τὰ παρ’ ἑαυτὸν ποιεῖν ἕκαστον ἕνεκα τοῦ τυγχάνειν τῶν πρώτων κατὰ φύσιν, ἐπ’ ἐκεῖνο δεῖ πάντα ἔχειν τὰ πραττόμενα τὴν ἀναφοράν, τὸ τυγχάνειν τῶν πρώτων κατὰ φύσιν. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 26 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a taking hold

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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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