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παραπέτασμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: παραπέτασμα παραπέτασματος

Structure: παραπετασματ (Stem)

Sense

  1. that which is spread before, a hanging curtain, a screen, cover

Examples

  • οἱδὶ δὲ τῇ προκλήσει χρησάμενοι παραπετάσματι διαθήκασ ἐμαρτύρησαν, ὡσ ἂν μάλισθ’ οἱ <μὲν> δικασταὶ ταύτην τὴν διαθήκην ἐπίστευσαν τοῦ πατρὸσ εἶναι, ἐγὼ δ’ ἀπεκλείσθην τοῦ λόγου τυχεῖν ὑπὲρ ὧν ἀδικοῦμαι, οὗτοι δὲ φωραθεῖεν τὰ ψευδῆ μεμαρτυρηκότεσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 24:1)

Synonyms

  1. that which is spread before

Related

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

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