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σκέψις

Third declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκέψις σκέψεως

Structure: σκεψι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ske/ptomai

Sense

  1. a viewing, perception by the senses
  2. speculation, consideration, thought, inquiry into, speculation on
  3. hesitation, doubt

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

  • βούλομαι δὲ ἤδη καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ῥητόρων ἀποδοῦναι τὸν λόγον, ἵνα μή τισ ἀγνοίᾳ με δόξῃ παραλιπεῖν αὐτοὺσ ἐπιφανεῖσ ὄντασ καὶ ὀνόματοσ ἠξιωμένουσ οὐ μετρίου ἢ φυγῇ τοῦ πόνου τὸ ῥᾷστον αἱρούμενον τῶν ἔργων τὴν περὶ αὐτῶν ἀφεικέναι σκέψιν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 191)
  • τοὐντεῦθεν τὴν σκέψιν ἐποιοῦντο, πρῶτον μὲν περὶ τοῦ χωρίου, δεύτερον δὲ ἥτισ ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ ὁ τρόποσ ἂν γένοιτο τῆσ ἐπιχειρήσεωσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 9:1)
  • διόπερ δεῖ ποιεῖσθαι σκέψιν καὶ διανέμειν τε καὶ ἀνιέναι κατ’ ἀξίαν ἕκαστα, καὶ τροφὴν καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀργίαν καὶ κολάσεισ, λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ μιμουμένουσ τὴν τῶν ἰατρῶν δύναμιν ἐν φαρμάκου λόγῳ, προσθεωροῦντασ ὅτι ἡ τροφὴ οὐ φάρμακον διὰ τὸ συνεχέσ. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 29:2)
  • ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἐχρησάμην τοῖσ συμμάχοισ καὶ πρὸσ τὴν τελευταίαν ἐκείνην σκέψιν κατηνάγκασα. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 18:6)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν φημι δεῖν τὴν σκέψιν ἐπανενεγκεῖν ἐκκλησίαν συναγαγόντα. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 5:5)

Synonyms

  1. a viewing

  2. speculation

  3. hesitation

Related

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

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