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ὑπομονή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπομονή ὑπομονῆς

Structure: ὑπομον (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: u(pome/nw

Sense

  1. an act of remaining behind
  2. an act of holding out, patient endurance
  3. the enduring to do

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὑπομονή ὑπομονᾱ́ ὑπομοναί
Genitive ὑπομονῆς ὑπομοναῖν ὑπομονῶν
Dative ὑπομονῇ ὑπομοναῖν ὑπομοναῖς
Accusative ὑπομονήν ὑπομονᾱ́ ὑπομονᾱ́ς
Vocative ὑπομονή ὑπομονᾱ́ ὑπομοναί

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

  • εὐκίνητοι δ’ ὄντεσ καὶ κοῦφοι ῥᾳδίωσ καὶ φεύγουσι καὶ διώκουσι, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ ἐν ταῖσ συστάσεσι τῶν δεινῶν ὑπομονὰσ πολὺ λείπονται τῶν Κελτιβήρων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 34 5:3)
  • δοκοῦσι γὰρ οἱ Βοιωτοὶ κατὰ τὰσ τῶν δεινῶν ὑπομονὰσ καὶ τοὺσ πολεμικοὺσ ἀγῶνασ μηδενὸσ λείπεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 81 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. an act of holding out

  2. the enduring to do

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