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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

  • σὺ πάτερ, τὴν εὐνομίαν ἡμῶν διὰ τῶν ὑπομονῶν εἰσ δόξαν ἐκύρωσασ καὶ τὴν ἁγιστείαν σεμνολογήσασ οὐ κατέλυσασ καὶ διὰ τῶν ἔργων ἐπιστοποίησασ τοὺσ τῆσ θείασ φιλοσοφίασ λόγουσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:9)

Synonyms

  1. an act of holding out

  2. the enduring to do

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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