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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

  • καὶ οἰκοδομηθήσονταί σου αἱ ἔρημοι αἰώνιοι, καὶ ἔσται σου τὰ θεμέλια αἰώνια γενεῶν γενεαῖσ. καὶ κληθήσῃ Οἰκοδόμοσ φραγμῶν, καὶ τοὺσ τρίβουσ τοὺσ ἀναμέσον παύσεισ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 58:12)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ παρ’ Εὐπόλιδι ἐν Αἰξὶν αὐτοῦ τὴν χερνίβα παύσεισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 76 2:2)
  • "νικήσαντοσ γοῦν αὐτοῦ ἵπποισ Παναθήναια ὡσ ὁ πατὴρ εἱστία τοὺσ ἑταίρουσ, συνελθόντων εἰσ τὸ δεῖπνον λαμπρὰ μὲν ἦν ἡ παρασκευὴ καὶ τοῖσ εἰσιοῦσι προσεφέροντο ποδονιπτῆρεσ οἴνου δι’ ἀρωμάτων, οὓσ ἰδὼν ὁ πατήρ καλέσασ τὸν Φῶκον ’ οὐ παύσεισ, ἔφη, τὸν ἑταῖρον διαφθείροντά σου τὴν νίκην; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 675)
  • εἰ δὲ καὶ ἀρσενικὸν στέργεισ πόθον, οἶδα διδάξαι φάρμακον, ᾧ παύσεισ τὴν δυσέρωτα νόσον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 1162)
  • παύσεισ δ’ ἀκαμάτων ἀνέμων μένοσ, οἵ τ’ ἐπὶ γαῖαν ὀρνύμενοι πνοιαῖσι καταφθινύθουσιν ἄρουραν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. b'. EMPEDOKLHS 9:4)

Synonyms

  1. stopping

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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