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παῦσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παῦσις παύσεως

Structure: παυσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. stopping, ceasing

Declension

Third 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

  • οὐδὲ ἔλεγχοσ ὑμῶν ρήμασί με παύσει, οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑμῶν φθέγμα ρήματοσ ἀνέξομαι. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:26)
  • ὕβριοσ ὑψινόου παύσει, δίκασ θνατοῖσι κραίνων· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 13 2:1)
  • καίτοι ἑνὸσ τοῦ ἀναγκαιοτάτου προσδεῖ, ὃσ περιθέμενόν σε παύσει μωραίνοντα τὴν πολλὴν ταύτην κόρυζαν ἀποξύσασ. (Lucian, 77:6)
  • οὔκουν εἶναί φημ’, εἰ παύσει ταύτην βλέψασ ποθ’ ὁ Πλοῦτοσ, ὁδὸν ἥντιν’ ἰὼν τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ ἀγάθ’ ἄν μείζω πορίσειεν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme12)
  • ἆρα φενακίζων ποτ’ Ἀθηναίουσ ἔτι παύσει; (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, dactyls16)

Synonyms

  1. stopping

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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