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σπουδαρχία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπουδαρχία

Structure: σπουδαρχι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from spouda/rxhs

Sense

  1. canvassing for office

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

  • ὁ δὲ Κάτων ἐκ πολίχνησ τε μικρᾶσ καὶ διαίτησ ἀγροίκου δοκούσησ φέρων ἀφῆκεν ἑαυτὸν ὥσπερ εἰσ πέλαγοσ ἀχανὲσ τὴν ἐν Ῥώμῃ πολιτείαν, οὐκέτι Κουρίων καὶ Φαβρικίων καὶ Ἀτιλίων ἔργον οὖσαν ἡγεμόνων, οὐδ’ ἀπ’ ἀρότρου καὶ σκαφείου πένητασ καὶ αὐτουργοὺσ ἀναβαίνοντασ ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα προσιεμένην ἄρχοντασ καὶ δημαγωγούσ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ γένη μεγάλα καὶ πλούτουσ καὶ νομὰσ καὶ σπουδαρχίασ ἀποβλέπειν εἰθισμένην, καὶ δι’ ὄγκον ἤδη καὶ δύναμιν ἐντρυφῶσαν τοῖσ ἄρχειν ἀξιοῦσιν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato, chapter 1 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. canvassing for office

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

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