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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

  • συνετοὶ ἐν λόγοισ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐσοφίσαντο καὶ ἀνώμβρησαν παροιμίασ ἀκριβεῖσ. ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΙΑ ΨΥΧΗΣ.‐ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:29)
  • δὲ τὸ τῆσ παροιμίασ, ἡ ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν πολλάκισ ἐκφέρει. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 5:1)
  • Τοῦτο ἐκεῖνο τὸ τῆσ παροιμίασ· (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 1)
  • ’ Ἀριστοτέλησ δ’ ἐν τῇ Ναξίων πολιτείᾳ περὶ τῆσ παροιμίασ οὕτωσ γράφει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 40 1:2)
  • Κλέαρχόσ φησι Χάρμον τὸν Συρακούσιον εὐτρεπίσθαι στιχίδια καὶ παροιμίασ εἰσ ἕκαστον τῶν ἐν τοῖσ δείπνοισ παρατιθεμένων εἰσ μὲν τὸν ἰχθὺν ἥκω λιπὼν Αἰγαῖον ἁλμυρὸν βάθοσ, εἰσ δὲ τοὺσ κήρυκασ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 62)

Synonyms

  1. a byword

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