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μορφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μορφή μορφῆς

Structure: μορφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. shape, form
  2. appearance
  3. outline
  4. kind, type

Declension

First 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

  • ᾦ τίνα τρόπον ἠθολογήσαιμι, φιλότεκνα γονέων πάθη. ψυχῆσ τε καὶ μορφῆσ ὁμοιότητα εἰσ μικρὸν παιδὸσ χαρακτῆρα θαυμάσιον ἐναποσφραγίζομεν, μάλιστα διὰ τὸ τῶν παθῶν τοῖσ γεννηθεῖσι τὰσ μητέρασ τῶν πατέρων καθεστάναι συμπαθεστέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:4)
  • τοῖον ἐφυβρίζουσα προσέννεπε Κύπρισ Ἀθήνην, ὣσ ἡ μὲν πτολίπορθον ἀέθλιον ἔλλαχε μορφῆσ Ἥρην ἐξελάσασα καὶ ἀσχαλόωσαν Ἀθήνην· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1102)
  • τὸ γὰρ ἄγροικον τοῦ πολιτικοῦ σώματοσ οὐ μορφῇ, κατασκευῇ δὲ καὶ διαθέσει τινὶ τῆσ μορφῆσ διήνεγκεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 8 3:3)
  • ἀμέλει πολλὰσ ἄν σοι δείξαιμι μορφῆσ μὲν εὖ ἡκούσασ, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα αἰσχυνούσασ τὸ κάλλοσ, ὡσ καὶ μόνον φθεγξαμένων ἀπανθεῖν αὐτὸ καὶ ἀπομαραίνεσθαι ἐλεγχόμενόν τε καὶ ἀσχημονοῦν καὶ παρ’ ἀξίαν συνὸν πονηρᾷ τινι δεσποίνῃ τῇ ψυχῇ. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 11:7)
  • τὰ μὲν τῆσ μορφῆσ ἔτι μετριώτερα, εἰ τισ θεῷ ἐοικέναι λέγεται· (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 27:2)

Synonyms

  1. shape

  2. appearance

  3. outline

  4. kind

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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