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σύμβολον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σύμβολον σύμβολον

Structure: συμβολ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: sumba/llw III

Sense

  1. a sign or token by which one infers a thing
  2. a pledge or pawn , on which money was advanced
  3. in pl. tallies
  4. at Athens, a ticket, counter
  5. a permit or licence to reside, given to aliens
  6. n Eccl. the distinctive mark of Christians, a confession of faith, a creed
  7. in legal phrase, σύμβολα were covenants between two states for protection of commerce

Declension

Second 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

  • αὐτοῖσ τρίγωνον, τὸ δἰ ἀλλήλων, τὸ πεντάγραμμον, ᾧ συμβόλῳ πρὸσ τοὺσ ὁμοδόξουσ ἐχρῶντο, ὑγίεια πρὸσ αὐτῶν ὠνομάζετο, καὶ ὅλωσ ἡγοῦντο τῷ μὲν ὑγιαίνειν τὸ εὖ πράττειν καὶ τὸ χαίρειν εἶναι, οὔτε δὲ τῷ εὖ πράττειν οὔτε τῷ χαίρειν πάντωσ καὶ τὸ ὑγιαίνειν. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 11:1)
  • τοὐναντίον γὰρ ἡ σώφρων ἀντενδύεται τὴν αἰδῶ, καὶ τοῦ μάλιστα φιλεῖν τῷ μάλιστα αἰδεῖσθαι συμβόλῳ χρῶνται πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ. (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 10 1:1)
  • τοῦτο γὰρ εἰκὸσ οὐ κατὰ τύχην οὐδ’ οἱο͂ν ἀπὸ κλήρου τῶν γραμμάτων μόνον ἐν προεδρίᾳ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ γενέσθαι καὶ λαβεῖν ἀναθήματοσ τάξιν ἱεροῦ καὶ θεάματοσ ἀλλ’ ἢ δύναμιν αὐτοῦ κατιδόντασ ἰδίαν καὶ περιττὴν ἢ συμβόλῳ χρωμένουσ πρὸσ ἕτερόν τι τῶν ἀξίων σπουδῆσ τοὺσ ἐν ἀρχῇ περὶ τὸν θεὸν φιλοσοφήσαντασ, οὕτω προσέσθαι. (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 1 7:1)
  • αὐτόσ τε διετέλεσεν ἐξ ἐκείνου συμβόλῳ κατὰ τοῦ κράνουσ κοσμούμενοσ κόρακι, καὶ ταῖσ εἰκόσιν αὐτοῦ πάσαισ οἱ πλάττοντεσ καὶ γράφοντεσ τοῦτο τὸ ζῷον ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐφήρμοττον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 15, chapter 1 4:3)
  • καὶ παραλαμβάνειν γ’ ἅμα τῇ βακτηρίᾳ καὶ τῷ συμβόλῳ τὸ φρόνημα τὸ τῆσ πόλεωσ νομίζειν ἕκαστον ὑμῶν δεῖ, ὅταν τὰ δημόσι’ εἰσίητε κρινοῦντεσ, εἴπερ ἄξι’ ἐκείνων πράττειν οἰέσθε χρῆναι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 304:2)

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