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συμφορά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: συμφορά̄ συμφοράς

Structure: συμφορ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: sumfe/rw III

Sense

  1. a bringing together, collecting, contribution
  2. an event, circumstance, chance
  3. mishap, mischance, misfortune
  4. (rarely in a good sense) good luck, happy issue

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

  • ἢ μίσουσ εὐέλπιδα ^ λαμβάνουσα, οἰκτρότερα δὲ καὶ τραγικὰ ἐπάγουσα τὰ τέλη καὶ πολλῶν συμφορῶν ἀνάπλεα. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 10:11)
  • τὸ μὲν δὴ δεῖπνον ἦν ἀπὸ συμφορῶν. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 6:2)
  • τελευτῶσα δὲ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτῶν ἠντιβόλει με καὶ ἱκέτευσε συναγαγεῖν αὐτῆσ τὸν πατέρα καὶ τοὺσ φίλουσ, εἰποῦσα ὅτι, εἰ καὶ μὴ πρότερον εἴθισται λέγειν ἐν ἀνδράσι, τὸ μέγεθοσ αὐτὴν ἀναγκάσει τῶν συμφορῶν περὶ τῶν σφετέρων κακῶν δηλῶσαι πάντα πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 25 3:11)
  • ἀξιῶ τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, τῷ λογισμῷ προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν, ἵνα τοὺσ μὲν νεανίσκουσ διὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ τῶν συμφορῶν ἐλεήσητε, τοῦτον δ’ ἅπασι τοῖσ πολίταισ ἄξιον ὀργῆσ ἡγήσησθε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 271)
  • γέρασ δὲ τῆσ πικρᾶσ ταύτησ αὐτοῖσ περιόδου τὸ φορτικὸν ἐκεῖνο δεῖπνον καὶ πολλῶν αἴτιον συμφορῶν, ἐν ᾧ πόσα μὲν ἐμφαγόντεσ, πόσα δὲ παρὰ γνώμην ἐμπιόντεσ, πόσα δὲ ὧν οὐκ ἐχρῆν ἀπολαλήσαντεσ ἢ μεμφόμενοι ‐’· (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 22:2)

Synonyms

  1. a bringing together

  2. an event

  3. mishap

  4. good luck

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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