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χαρακτήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαρακτήρ χαρακτῆρος

Structure: χαρακτηρ (Stem)

Etym.: xara/ssw

Sense

  1. instrument used for engraving
  2. person who engraves, engraver
  3. impress, stamp, seal
  4. reproduction, representation
  5. figure, letter, character
  6. characteristic, character
  7. style

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

  • περὶ μὲν οὖν τῆσ προαιρέσεωσ, ἣν ἔσχον ἐν τῇ συγκρίσει τῶν χαρακτήρων, ἱκανῶσ ἀπολελόγημαι καὶ σοί, Γεμῖνε φίλτατε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 1 17:2)
  • ἡ δὲ δὴ Πλατωνικὴ διάλεκτοσ βούλεται μὲν εἶναι καὶ αὐτὴ μῖγμα ἑκατέρου τῶν χαρακτήρων, τοῦ τε ὑψηλοῦ καὶ ἰσχνοῦ, καθάπερ εἴρηταί μοι πρότερον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 2 2:1)
  • εἰ γὰρ κἂν μηδὲν ἄλλο, τό γ’ οὖν ἠλίθιον καὶ σοφιστικὸν εὑρ́οι τισ ἂν ἐν αὐτῷ πολύ, τὸ πλεῖστον ἀπέχον τῶν Δεινάρχου χαρακτήρων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11 6:7)
  • ὅπου δὴ τοὺσ περὶ δογμάτων διαφερομένουσ οὐδεὶσ μέμφεται τῆσ προαιρέσεωσ, εἰ μὴ πάντα τὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ἐπαινοῦσιν, ἦ που τούσ γε προελομένουσ χαρακτήρων ἰδιότητα δηλῶσαι μέμψαιτ’ ἄν τισ, εἰ μὴ πάσασ μαρτυροῦσι τοῖσ πρὸ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰσ μὴ προσούσασ ἀρετάσ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 3 2:3)
  • λεκτέον δ’, ὥσπερ ὑπεθέμην, καὶ περὶ τῶν χαρακτήρων οὐχ ἅπανθ’ ὅσ’ ἂν εἰπεῖν ἔχοιμι μακρῶν γὰρ ἄν μοι πάνυ δεήσειε λόγων, ἀλλ’ αὐτὰ τὰ φανερώτατα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2110)

Synonyms

  1. impress

  2. characteristic

  3. style

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