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παράβολος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: παράβολος παράβολη παράβολον

Structure: παραβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: paraba/llw

Sense

  1. thrown in by the way, deceitful
  2. exposing oneself
  3. venturesome, reckless
  4. hazardous, perilous

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative παράβολος παράβόλη παράβολον
Genitive παραβόλου παράβόλης παραβόλου
Dative παραβόλῳ παράβόλῃ παραβόλῳ
Accusative παράβολον παράβόλην παράβολον
Vocative παράβολε παράβόλη παράβολον
DualN/A/V παραβόλω παράβόλᾱ παραβόλω
G/D παραβόλοιν παράβόλαιν παραβόλοιν
PluralNominative παράβολοι παρά́βολαι παράβολα
Genitive παραβόλων παράβολῶν παραβόλων
Dative παραβόλοις παράβόλαις παραβόλοις
Accusative παραβόλους παράβόλᾱς παράβολα
Vocative παράβολοι παρά́βολαι παράβολα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective παράβολος παραβόλου παραβολώτερος παραβολωτέρου παραβολώτατος παραβολωτάτου
Adverb παραβόλως παραβολώτερον παραβολώτατα

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

  • χρήσιμον δὲ πρὸσ τοῦτο καὶ τὸ τῆσ παραβολῆσ, ὅταν γενόμενοι καθ’ αὑτοὺσ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἀκροάσεωσ καὶ λαβόντεσ τι τῶν μὴ καλῶσ ἢ μὴ ἱκανῶσ εἰρῆσθαι δοκούντων ἐπιχειρῶμεν εἰσ ταὐτὸ καὶ προάγωμεν αὑτοὺσ τὰ μὲν ὥσπερ ἀναπληροῦν, τὰ δ’ ἐπανορθοῦσθαι, τὰ δ’ ἑτέρωσ φράζειν, τὰ δ’ ὅλοισ ἐξ ὑπαρχῆσ εἰσφέρειν πειρώμενοι πρὸσ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 6 9:1)
  • κατὰ τὴν σύνθεσιν γὰρ τῆσ παραβολῆσ ἀληθοῦσ οὔσησ ἡ λύσισ <οὐκ> ἔστιν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 248:2)
  • "εἴτε πρόβλημα περὶ τοῦ χωρίου τῆσ παραβολῆσ. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 1115)
  • ἢ δὴ οὕτωσ ἢ ἐκ παραβολῆσ ἢ κατὰ φύσιν ὡσ ἐλέχθη, οὕτωσ τὰ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάλιν, ἐὰν βούλῃ, χωρὶσ τὰ τοῦ ἐναντίου λόγου. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 19 5:6)
  • καὶ τὸν διὰ παραβολῆσ λόγον ἀνῄρει, λέγων ἤτοι ἐξ ὁμοίων αὐτὸν ἢ ἐξ ἀνομοίων συνίστασθαι· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. i'. EUKLEIDHS 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. thrown in by the way

  2. exposing oneself

  3. venturesome

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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