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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

  • ἀπὸ δὲ Λαμπάδοσ ἐσ Συμβόλου λιμένα, Ταυρικὸν καὶ τοῦτον, στάδιοι εἴκοσι καὶ πεντακόσιοι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 19 8:1)
  • περὶ δὲ δὴ τοῦ συμβόλου τοῦ περὶ τὰσ ἐπιστολάσ, ὅσασ τε ἂν ἐπιστέλλω σπουδῇ καὶ ὅσασ ἂν μή, οἶμαι μέν σε μεμνῆσθαι, ὅμωσ δ’ ἐννόει καὶ πάνυ πρόσεχε τὸν νοῦν· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 13 29:1)
  • φύσιν ἔχουσι τοῖσ μὲν διασῶσαι τὰ ἑαυτῶν ἀγαθὰ βουλομένοισ οἱ περὶ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀναστρεφόμενοι τόπον οἰωνοὶ σχολαιοτέρᾳ τῇ πτήσει πρὸσ ἀγαθοῦ εἶναι συμβόλου, τοῖσ δὲ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ἐφιεμένοισ οἱ τὴν ἐπίτομον καὶ ταχεῖαν ὀρμὴν ἔχοντεσ εἰσ τὰ πρόσω· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 19, chapter 7 2:4)
  • τὸ δὲ ἐν ᾧ τοῦτο γιγνόμενόν ἐστιν οὐχ ὑπονοοῦντεσ, ἀλλ’ εἰδότεσ, ἐπ’ αὐτὸ καταφεύγομεν, ἀνθρώπινον σῶμα ὡσ ἀγγεῖον φρονήσεωσ καὶ λόγου θεῷ προσάπτοντεσ, ἐνδείᾳ καὶ ἀπορίᾳ παραδείγματοσ τῷ φανερῷ τε καὶ εἰκαστῷ τὸ ἀνείκαστον καὶ ἀφανὲσ ἐνδείκνυσθαι ζητοῦντεσ, συμβόλου δυνάμει χρώμενοι, κρεῖττονἤ φασι τῶν βαρβάρων τινὰσ ζῴοισ τὸ θεῖον ἀφομοιοῦν κατὰ σμικρὰσ καὶ ἀτόπουσ ἀφορμάσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 76:3)
  • τὴν δὲ ἀνθρώπων καὶ θεῶν ξυγγένειαν αὐτό που τὸ τῆσ μορφῆσ ὅμοιον ἐν εἴδει συμβόλου· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 99:5)

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