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ὑπόθεσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόθεσις ὑποθέσεως

Structure: ὑποθεσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: u(poti/qhmi

Sense

  1. proposal
  2. suggestion, advice
  3. purpose
  4. occasion, excuse, pretext
  5. actor's role
  6. function, occupation, station
  7. supposition, assumption, hypothesis
  8. placing under

Declension

Third 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

  • ἐν δὴ τούτοισ καὶ Ἱππίου τουτουὶ τοῦ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ μεμνῆσθαι ἄξιον, ἀνδρὸσ λόγοισ μὲν παρ’ ὅντινα βούλει τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ γεγυμνασμένου καὶ συνεῖναί τε ὀξέοσ καὶ ἑρμηνεῦσαι σαφεστάτου, τὰ δὲ ἔργα πολὺ τῶν λόγων ἀμείνω παρεχομένου καὶ τὴν τῆσ τέχνησ ὑπόσχεσιν ἀποπληροῦντοσ, οὐκ ἐν τοιαύταισ μὲν ὑποθέσεσιν ἐν αἷσ οἱ πρὸ αὐτοῦ πρῶτοι γενέσθαι εὐτύχησαν, κατὰ δὲ τὸν γεωμετρικὸν λόγον ἐπὶ τῆσ δοθείσησ, φασίν, εὐθείασ τὸ τρίγωνον ἀκριβῶσ συνισταμένου. (Lucian, (no name) 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. proposal

  2. suggestion

  3. purpose

  4. occasion

  5. actor's role

  6. supposition

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