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προϋπαρχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: προϋπαρχή

Structure: προϋπαρχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a previous service

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

  • συνάψαντοσ δὲ τοῦ χρόνου τῶν ἀρχαιρεσίων, καὶ δέον στρατηγὸν ἕτερον αἱρεῖσθαι, καὶ τῶν πολιορκουμένων ἤδη κακῶσ διακειμένων καὶ δοκούντων ἀν’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἐνδώσειν ἑαυτούσ, ὁ προϋπάρχων στρατηγὸσ προσφέρει λόγον τοῖσ Αἰτωλοῖσ φάσκων, ἐπειδὴ τὰσ κακοπαθείασ καὶ τοὺσ κινδύνουσ αὐτὸσ ἀναδέδεκται τοὺσ κατὰ τὴν πολιορκίαν, δίκαιον εἶναι καὶ τὴν οἰκονομίαν τῶν λαφύρων, ἐπὰν κρατήσωσι, καὶ τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν τῶν ὅπλων ἑαυτῷ συγχωρεῖσθαι. (Polybius, Histories, book 2, chapter 2 8:1)
  • ἐὰν δέ τισ ἀφελόμενοσ βίᾳ παρά τινοσ ἀπαγάγῃ πρὸσ αὑτόν, κἄπειτα παρὰ τούτου τὴν ἀγωγὴν ὁ προϋπάρχων ποιῆται δεσπότησ, οὐκ εἶναι ταύτην κυρίαν. (Polybius, Histories, book 12, chapter 16 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. a previous service

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

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