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θέσπισμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: θέσπισμα θέσπισματος

Structure: θεσπισματ (Stem)

Etym.: qespi/zw

Sense

  1. oracular sayings

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

  • ὦ πρέσβυ παιδαγώγ’ Ἐρεχθέωσ πατρὸσ τοὐμοῦ ποτ’ ὄντοσ, ἡνίκ’ ἦν ἔτ’ ἐν φάει, ἔπαιρε σαυτὸν πρὸσ θεοῦ χρηστήρια, ὥσ μοι συνησθῇσ, εἴ τι Λοξίασ ἄναξ θέσπισμα παίδων ἐσ γονὰσ ἐφθέγξατο. (Euripides, Ion, episode1)

Synonyms

  1. oracular sayings

Related

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

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