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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

  • ἀλλὰ γὰρ τὸ μὲν εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ μεταβάλλοντι τὰ πράγματα χρόνῳ καὶ τὸ τοὺσ τὰ κράτιστα προαιρουμένουσ ἐπαινεῖν καὶ τὸ τὰ μέλλοντα ἐκ τῶν γεγονότων εἰκάζειν καὶ πάντα τὰ παραπλήσια τούτοισ, ἃ κἂν ὁ τυχὼν εἰπεῖν δύναιτο, ἀφήσω, ἐξ ὧν δ’ ἂν ἔτι μείζω λάβοι τὰ κρείττονα ἰσχύν, ταῦτα πειράσομαι λέγειν, ὑπόθεσιν τοῦ λόγου κοινὴν καὶ φιλάνθρωπον καὶ πλεῖστα δυναμένην ὠφελῆσαι λαβών. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 41)
  • βουληθεὶσ γὰρ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐπιδείξασθαι τὴν αὑτοῦ δύναμιν ἣν εἶχεν ἐν τοῖσ πολιτικοῖσ λόγοισ, οὐκ ἠρκέσθη ταῖσ ἄλλαισ γραφαῖσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ κρατίστου τῶν τότε ῥητόρων ἕτερον αὐτὸσ ἐν τῷ Φαίδρῳ συνετάξατο λόγον ἐρωτικὸν εἰσ τὴν αὐτὴν ὑπόθεσιν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 1 10:1)
  • πρῶτόν τε καὶ σχεδὸν ἀναγκαιότατον ἔργον ἁπάντων ἐστὶ τοῖσ γράφουσιν πᾶσιν ἱστορίασ ὑπόθεσιν ἐκλέξασθαι καλὴν καὶ κεχαρισμένην τοῖσ ἀναγνωσομένοισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 2:2)
  • ὅτι δὲ πονηρὰν εἴληφεν ὑπόθεσιν, καὶ αὐτόσ γε τοῦτο ποιεῖ φανερὸν ἐν τῷ προοιμίῳ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 4:3)
  • ὥσ2τε τοὺσ ἀναγνόντασ τὸ προοίμιον ἠλλοτριῶσθαι πρὸσ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν, Ἑλληνικῶν μέλλοντασ ἀκούειν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. proposal

  2. suggestion

  3. purpose

  4. occasion

  5. actor's role

  6. supposition

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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