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παροιμίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: παροιμίᾱ παροιμίας

Structure: παροιμι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: oi)=mos

Sense

  1. a byword, saying, proverb, maxim
  2. a dark saying, parable

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παροιμίᾱ παροιμίᾱ παροιμίαι
Genitive παροιμίᾱς παροιμίαιν παροιμιῶν
Dative παροιμίᾱͅ παροιμίαιν παροιμίαις
Accusative παροιμίᾱν παροιμίᾱ παροιμίᾱς
Vocative παροιμίᾱ παροιμίᾱ παροιμίαι

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

  • πίθηκοσ γὰρ ὁ πίθηκοσ, ἡ παροιμία φησί, κἂν χρύσεα ἔχῃ σύμβολα. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 4:4)
  • τὸ δ’ ἔμπαλιν ἢ σὺ ἤλπισασ γίγνεται καὶ ὡσ ἡ παροιμία φησίν, ἐπὶ Μανδροβούλου χωρεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα, καθ’ ἑκάστην, ὡσ εἰπεῖν, τὴν ἡμέραν ἀποσμικρυνόμενον καὶ εἰσ τοὐπίσω ἀναποδίζον. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 21:5)
  • ἡ μὲν παροιμία φησίν, Γλαῦκα εἰσ Ἀθήνασ, ὡσ γελοῖον ὂν εἴ τισ ἐκεῖ κομίζοι γλαῦκασ, ὅτι πολλαὶ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ εἰσιν. (Lucian, Nigrinus, intro2)
  • "ἀλλ’ ἀνίπτοισ ποσὶν ‐ ἡ παροιμία φησὶν ‐ ἔμβαινε, οὐ μεῖον ἕξων διὰ τοῦτο, οὐδ’ ἄν, τὸ κοινότατον, μηδὲ γράφειν τὰ γράμματα εἰδῇσ· (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:9)
  • ὡσ δὲ νῦν ἔχομεν, μύρμηξ ἢ κάμηλοσ, ὡσ ἡ παροιμία φησί. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 1 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. a byword

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