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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

  • ἡμεῖσ μὲν γὰρ διὰ τῆσδε τῆσ κακοπαθείασ καὶ ὑπομονῆσ τὰ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ ἆθλα ἕξομεν καὶ ἐσόμεθα παρά Θεῷ, δι’ ὃν καὶ πάσχομεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:8)
  • οὐ δοκεῖσ πάντων ὠμότατε τύραννε, πλεῖον ἐμοῦ σε νῦν βασανίζεσθαι ὁρῶν σου νικώμενον τὸν τῆσ τυρανίδοσ ὑπερήφανον λογισμὸν ὑπὸ τῆσ διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἡμῶν ὑπομονῆσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:30)
  • θάρρει τοιγαροῦν, ὦ μήτηρ ἱερόψυχε, τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆσ ὑπομονῆσ βεβαίαν ἔχουσα πρὸσ τὸν Θεόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 17:4)
  • ἠθλοθέτει γὰρ τότε ἀρετὴ δι’ ὑπομονῆσ δοκιμάζουσα. τὸ νῖκοσ ἀφθαρσίᾳ ἐν ζωῇ πολυχρονίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 17:12)
  • Ἡρακλέουσ μὲν δὴ στρατείασ πέρι καὶ Πελοποννησίων ὑπομονῆσ ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ, τοσαῦτα εἰρήσθω. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 44 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. an act of holding out

  2. the enduring to do

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