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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

  • ἀπόκρυφα παροιμιῶν ἐκζητήσει καὶ ἐν αἰνίγμασι παραβολῶν ἀναστραφήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 39:3)
  • Κλέαρχοσ δὲ ἐν τοῖσ περὶ παροιμιῶν καὶ διδάσκαλον τοῦ Ἀρχεστράτου γενέσθαι φησὶν Τερψίωνα, ὃν καὶ πρῶτον Γαστρολογίαν γράψαντα διακελεύεσθαι τοῖσ μαθηταῖσ τίνων ἀφεκτέον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 171)
  • "Κλέαρχοσ ὁ Σολεὺσ οὐδενὸσ ὢν δεύτεροσ τῶν τοῦ σοφοῦ Ἀριστοτέλουσ μαθητῶν ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ περὶ Παροιμιῶν ’τὴν Λητώ,’ φησιν, ’ἐκ Χαλκίδοσ τῆσ Εὐβοίασ ἀνακομίζουσαν εἰσ Δελφοὺσ Ἀπόλλωνα καὶ Ἄρτεμιν γενέσθαι περὶ τὸ τοῦ κληθέντοσ Πύθωνοσ σπήλαιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, compendium in ce, chapter 62 1:3)
  • τοῦτο γὰρ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ Βοιωτικῆσ ἐστιν ἀναισθησίασ συμπόσιον καὶ τῇ μισανθρωποτάτῃ τῶν παροιμιῶν ἁρμόττον· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 3 2:3)
  • Κλέαρχοσ δὲ ὁ ἀπὸ τοῦ περιπάτου ἐν τοῖσ περὶ παροιμιῶν ὡσ παροιμίαν ἀναγράφει τὸ ἐπὶ τῇ φακῇ μύρον, ἧσ μέμνηται καὶ ὁ ἐμὸσ προπάτωρ Οὐάρρων ὁ Μενίππειοσ ἐπικαλούμενοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 51 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. a byword

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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