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παροξυσμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παροξυσμός παροξυσμοῦ

Structure: παροξυσμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from parocu/_nw

Sense

  1. irritation, exasperation, a provoking

Declension

Second declension

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

  • πρὸσ δυοῖν τοῖν ἀπὸ τῆσ τύχησ, τῷ πολέμῳ καὶ τῇ νόσῳ, δύο ταῦτα προσειληφότασ ὁρῶν αὐτοὺσ, λύπην καὶ παροξυσμὸν εἰσ αὐτὸν, ἐν μέσοισ τοῖσ δεινοῖσ ἐμβεβηκὼσ καὶ πανταχόθεν μεμονωμένοσ ὡσ εἰπεῖν, οὐκ ἔδεισεν οὐδ’ ὑπεχώρησεν, οὐδ’ ὥσπερ χροιὰν τὴν γνώμην μετέβαλε, τοῖσ τε πολίταισ ὁμοῦ καὶ τοῖσ πολεμίοισ ἀντιτεταγμένοσ· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 24:1)

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

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