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παρασπόνδησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρασπόνδησις παρασπόνδησεως

Structure: παρασπονδησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from para/spondos

Sense

  1. a breaking of faith

Examples

  • Μετὰ δὲ τήν τ’ ἀνάβασιν καὶ τὰσ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ συμφορὰσ καὶ τὰσ παρασπονδήσεισ τὰσ Σεύθου τοῦ τῶν Ὀδρυσῶν βασιλέωσ ἧκεν εἰσ Ἀσίαν πρὸσ Ἀγησίλαον τὸν τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων βασιλέα, μισθοῦ τοὺσ Κύρου στρατιώτασ αὐτῷ παρασχών· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. s'. CENOFWN 4:1)

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

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