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παραβολή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 수학 천문학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: παραβολή παραβολῆς

Structure: παραβολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: paraba/llw

Sense

  1. a placing of two things side by side, juxtaposition
  2. comparison, illustration, analogy
  3. parable, proverb
  4. side by side meeting or engagement, broadside
  5. venture
  6. (astronomy) conjunction
  7. (mathematics) division
  8. (geometry) parabola

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παραβολή παραβολᾱ́ παραβολαί
Genitive παραβολῆς παραβολαῖν παραβολῶν
Dative παραβολῇ παραβολαῖν παραβολαῖς
Accusative παραβολήν παραβολᾱ́ παραβολᾱ́ς
Vocative παραβολή παραβολᾱ́ παραβολαί

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

  • ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖσ τὸ στόμα μου, φθέγξομαι προβλήματα ἀπ̓ ἀρχῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 77:2)
  • ἀλλ̓ εἰσ βουλὴν λαοῦ οὐ ζητηθήσονται καὶ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ οὐχ ὑπεραλοῦνται. ἐπὶ δίφρον δικαστοῦ οὐ καθιοῦνται καὶ διαθήκην κρίματοσ οὐ διανοηθήσονται, οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφάνωσι δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίμα, καὶ ἐν παραβολαῖσ οὐχ εὑρεθήσονται, (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 38:33)
  • γῆν ἐπεκάλυψεν ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ ἐνέπλησασ ἐν παραβολαῖσ αἰνιγμάτων. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 47:15)
  • ἐν ᾠδαῖσ καὶ παροιμίαισ καὶ παραβολαῖσ καὶ ἐν ἑρμηνείαισ ἀπεθαύμασάν σε χῶραι. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 47:17)
  • ‐ Τοῦτο μὲν θαυμαστόν, εἰ ταῖσ Ὁμήρου παραβολαῖσ πυρὸσ καὶ ἀνέμων καὶ θαλάττησ καὶ ἀετῶν καὶ ταύρων καὶ λεόντων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων, οἷσ ἐκόσμησε τὴν ποίησιν Ὅμηροσ, σὺ παραβαλεῖν ἀξιώσεισ τοὺσ Σωκράτουσ κεραμέασ καὶ σκυτοτόμουσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 14:3)

Synonyms

  1. a placing of two things side by side

  2. venture

  3. conjunction

  4. division

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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