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υἱοθεσία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: υἱοθεσία

Structure: υἱοθεσι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: ti/qhmi B. 1

Sense

  1. adoption as a son

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

  • οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τοῦ πνεύματοσ ἔχοντεσ [ἡμεῖσ] καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖσ στενάζομεν, υἱοθεσίαν ἀπεκδεχόμενοι τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν τοῦ σώματοσ ἡμῶν. (PROS RWMAIOUS, chapter 1 231:1)
  • ἵνα τοὺσ ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ, ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν ἀπολάβωμεν. (PROS GALATAS, chapter 1 88:1)

Synonyms

  1. adoption as a son

Related

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

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