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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

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

  • μυρία γάρ ἐστι τὰ ἀντιμαρτυροῦντα τῷ σχήματι, βάδισμα καὶ βλέμμα καὶ φωνὴ καὶ τράχηλοσ ἐπικεκλασμένοσ καὶ ψιμύθιον καὶ μαστίχη καὶ φῦκοσ, οἷσ ὑμεῖσ κοσμεῖσθε, καὶ ὅλωσ κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν, θᾶττον ἂν πέντε ἐλέφαντασ ὑπὸ μάλησ κρύψειασ ἢ ἕνα κίναιδον. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 23:9)
  • οἶδα ὡσ μάτην ταῦτά μοι λελήρηται καὶ κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν Αἰθίοπα σμήχειν ἐπιχειρῶ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 28:5)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀνίπτοισ γε ποσίν, τὸ τοῦ λόγου, πρὸσ ταῦτα ᾖξεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ποιηταῖσ σύντροφοσ ἐγένετο καὶ τῶν πλείστων ἐμέμνητο καὶ λέγειν ἤσκητο καὶ τὰσ ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ προαιρέσεισ οὐκ ἐπ’ ὀλίγον οὐδὲ κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν ἄκρῳ τῷ δακτύλῳ ἁψάμενοσ ἠπίστατο, καὶ τὸ σῶμα δὲ ἐγεγύμναστο καὶ πρὸσ καρτερίαν διεπεπόνητο, καὶ τὸ ὅλον ἐμεμελήκει αὐτῷ μηδενὸσ ἄλλου προσδεᾶ εἶναι· (Lucian, (no name) 4:1)
  • ὥστε κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν, θᾶττον ἄν τισ ἐν πλοίῳ πεσὼν διαμάρτοι ξύλου ἢ ἔνθα ἂν ἀπίδῃ ὁ ὀφθαλμόσ, ἀπορήσει φιλοσόφου. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 6:5)
  • πολλὰ δ’ ἔτι ἔχων εἰπεῖν καταπαύσω τὸν λόγον, μὴ καὶ δόξω κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίασ ποιεῖν. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 12:2)

Synonyms

  1. a byword

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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