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ῥῆσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥῆσις ῥῆσεως

Structure: ῥησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: r(e/w, e)rw=

Sense

  1. a saying, speaking, speech, phrase
  2. a resolution, declaration
  3. a tale, legend
  4. a phrase or passage, a speech in a play

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

  • ἃ δ’ οἱ γέροντεσ ποιοῦσιν , ὅταν μεθυσθῶσιν τοῦ ὕδατοσ, οὐκ ἀλλότριον εἰπεῖν ἐπειδὰν πίῃ ὁ γέρων καὶ κατάσχῃ αὐτὸν ὁ Σιληνόσ, αὐτίκα ἐπὶ πολὺ ἄφωνόσ ἐστι καὶ καρηβαροῦντι καὶ βεβαπτισμένῳ ἐοίκεν, εἶτα ἄφνω φωνή τε λαμπρὰ καὶ φθέγμα τορὸν καὶ πνεῦμα λιγυρὸν ἐγγίγνεται αὐτῷ καὶ λαλίστατοσ ἐξ ἀφωνοτάτου ἐστίν, οὐδ’ ἂν ’ἐπιστομίσασ παύσειασ αὐτὸν μὴ οὐχὶ συνεχῆ λαλεῖν καὶ ῥήσεισ μακρὰσ συνείρειν. (Lucian, (no name) 7:2)
  • ἕτεροσ δέ τισ οὐκ ἀγεννὴσ λόγοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάνυ γενναῖοσ, ὥσ φησι, καὶ μεταξύ μου λέγοντοσ ὑπέκρουε καὶ διακόπτειν ἐπειρᾶτο τὴν ῥῆσιν καὶ ἐπειδὴ πέπαυμαι, οὐκ ἀληθῆ ταῦτα λέγειν φησὶ με, ἀλλὰ θαυμάζειν, εἰ φάσκοιμι ἐπιτηδειότερον εἶναι πρὸσ λόγων ἐπίδειξιν οἴκου κάλλοσ γραφῇ καὶ χρυσῷ κεκοσμημένον αὐτὸ γάρ που τοὐναντίον ἀποβαίνειν. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 14:1)
  • "ὦ ἄνδρεσ, χρὴ ποιεῖν ἀκούοντασ μὲν οὕτω γελοίων ῥήσεων, ὁρῶντασ ^ δὲ ἄνδρασ γέροντασ δοξαρίου καταπτύστου ἕνεκα μονονουχὶ κυβιστῶντασ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ; (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ οἱο͂́ν τε, ὦ Ῥητορική, μόνον αὐτὸν ἀπολογεῖσθαι κατὰ σχῆμα τοῦ Διαλόγου, ἀλλὰ ῥῆσιν καὶ αὐτὸσ εἰπάτω. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 29:7)
  • ἐκείνου μέντοι, ὦ Σόλων, μέμνησό μοι παρὰ τὴν ῥῆσιν, ὅτι πρὸσ ἄνδρα βάρβαρον ἐρεῖσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 18:8)
  • οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑφ’ ἡλίῳ ἔτι ποιησόμεθα τὴν συνουσίαν, ὡσ ἄχθεσθαι εἰ ἀποτείνοιτο ἡ ῥῆσισ, ἀλλὰ ἥ τε σκιὰ πυκνὴ καὶ ἡμεῖσ σχολὴν ἄγομεν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 19:7)
  • Ῥῆσισ Εὐριπίδου τὰσ χάριτασ ὅστισ εὐγενῶσ χαρίζεται, ἥδιον ἐν βροτοῖσιν· (Lycurgus, Speeches, 134:4)
  • εἰσ τὰσ ἐν Μέμφει πυραμίδασ Ὄσσαν ἐπ’ Οὐλύμπῳ καὶ Πήλιον ὑψωθέντα ψευδὴσ ἱστορίησ ῥῆσισ ἀνεπλάσατο· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7101)
  • " τοῦτο ἐστὶ ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθέων ῥῆσισ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 127 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. a saying

  2. a resolution

  3. a tale

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

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