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ὑφαίρεσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑφαίρεσις ὑφαίρεσεως

Structure: ὑφαιρεσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from u(faire/w

Sense

  1. a taking away from under, a purloining

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὑφαίρεσις ὑφαιρέσει ὑφαιρέσεις
Genitive ὑφαιρέσεως ὑφαίρουιν ὑφαιρέσεων
Dative ὑφαιρέσει ὑφαίρουιν ὑφαιρέσεσιν*
Accusative ὑφαίρεσιν ὑφαιρέσει ὑφαιρέσεις
Vocative ὑφαίρεσι ὑφαιρέσει ὑφαιρέσεις

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

  • μαρτυροῦσι παρεῖναι ὅτε Ἀπολλόδωροσ προὐκαλεῖτο Στέφανον παραδοῦναι τὸν παῖδα τὸν ἀκόλουθον εἰσ βάσανον περὶ τῆσ ὑφαιρέσεωσ τοῦ γραμματείου, καὶ γράμματα ἦν ἕτοιμοσ γράφειν Ἀπολλόδωροσ καθ’ ὅ τι ἔσται ἡ βάσανοσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 97:1)

Similar forms

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

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