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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

  • ἐν συμβόλοισ ἐπηρώτων, καὶ ἐν ράβδοισ αὐτοῦ ἀπήγγελλον αὐτῷ. πνεύματι πορνείασ ἐπλανήθησαν καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 4:12)
  • οἱ ἄνθρωποι συμβόλοισ εἴδωλα τῶν νοουμένων καὶ εἰκόνασ ὁρῶσιν, αὐτὰ δ’ οὐ γιγνώσκουσι πλὴν οἷσ ἔπεστιν ἴδιόν τι καὶ δαιμόνιον ὥσπερ εἴρηται φέγγοσ· (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 20 20:1)
  • Σωκράτει δὲ τῷ σοφῷ τὸ δαιμόνιον οἷσ εἰώθει συμβόλοισ χρησάμενον πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἐμήνυσε κἀκεῖνα, τὸν ἔκπλουν ἐπ’ ὀλέθρῳ τῆσ πόλεωσ πραττόμενον. (Plutarch, , chapter 13 6:1)
  • βούλεται γὰρ ὑμῶν τοῦτο προλαβεῖν καὶ ὁμολογούμενον ἐν τοῖσ συμβόλοισ καταστῆσαι, ὅτι τῶν περὶ Ποτείδαιαν γεγενημένων ἀδικημάτων οὐδὲν ἐγκαλεῖτε αὐτῷ ὡσ ἀδικούμενοι, ἀλλὰ βεβαιοῦτε δικαίωσ αὐτὴν ἐκεῖνον καὶ λαβεῖν καὶ κεκτῆσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 13:2)
  • καὶ συμβόλοισ χρῶνται καθιερωμένοισ οἱ μὲν ἀμυδροῖσ οἱ δὲ τρανοτέροισ, ἐπὶ τὰ θεῖα τὴν νόησιν ὁδηγοῦντεσ οὐκ ἀκινδύνωσ. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 67 4:1)

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