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ὀρθοέπεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρθοέπεια ὀρθοεπείας

Structure: ὀρθοεπει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: e)/pos

Sense

  1. correct diction, especially in poetry

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὀρθοέπεια ὀρθοεπείᾱ ὀρθοέπειαι
Genitive ὀρθοεπείᾱς ὀρθοεπείαιν ὀρθοεπειῶν
Dative ὀρθοεπείᾱͅ ὀρθοεπείαιν ὀρθοεπείαις
Accusative ὀρθοέπειαν ὀρθοεπείᾱ ὀρθοεπείᾱς
Vocative ὀρθοέπεια ὀρθοεπείᾱ ὀρθοέπειαι

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

  • οὗ χάριν οὐ ψέγω οὐδ’ αὐτὴν τὴν ἐπιτήδευσιν αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν ἀκαιρίαν μόνην μέμφομαι καὶ μάλιστα ὅταν ὑπὸ τοιούτου γίνηται ἀνδρόσ, ᾧ κανόνι ὀρθοεπείασ χρήσασθαι ἀξιοῦμεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 26 2:7)

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