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περιουσία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιουσία

Structure: περιουσι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: peri/eimi, supersum

Sense

  1. that which is over and above, surplus, abundance, plenty
  2. abundance, plenty, wealth, with plenty of other resources, ex abundanti, advantage, an advantage
  3. superiority
  4. a being saved, survival, chance of being saved?

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

  • ἐὰν οὖν ἀλλὰ νῦν γ’ ἔτι ἀπαλλαγέντεσ τούτων τῶν ἐθῶν ἐθελήσητε στρατεύεσθαί τε καὶ πράττειν ἀξίωσ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ταῖσ περιουσίαισ ταῖσ οἴκοι ταύταισ ἀφορμαῖσ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔξω τῶν ἀγαθῶν χρῆσθαι, ἴσωσ ἄν, ἴσωσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, τέλειόν τι καὶ μέγα κτήσαισθ’ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τῶν τοιούτων λημμάτων ἀπαλλαγείητε, ἃ τοῖσ ἀσθενοῦσι παρὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν σιτίοισ διδομένοισ ἐοίκε. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 42:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ κοινωνεῖ ταῖσ δημοσίαισ προσόδοισ καὶ περιουσίαισ ταῦτα τἀναλώματ’ οὐδέν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 34:2)
  • οἱ δὲ πόλεμοι ταῖσ περιουσίαισ τῶν χρημάτων ὡσ τὰ πολλὰ ἀντέχουσιν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 62 5:2)
  • ἀλλὰ τὸ τοὺσ μὲν βαρβάρουσ ταῖσ περιουσίαισ καὶ ταῖσ δυνάμεσιν ὑπερβαλέσθαι, τοὺσ δὲ Ἕλληνασ σοφίᾳ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ παρελθεῖν, μέγα μοι δοκεῖ καὶ παντελὲσ εἰσ ἀρετῆσ εἶναι λόγον καὶ παντὸσ ἀγώνισμα λαμπρότερον. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 12:11)

Synonyms

  1. that which is over and above

  2. abundance

  3. superiority

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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