ἀφορμή
ἀφορμ-ή,
ἡ,
2). generally,
starting-point, origin, occasion or
pretext, ἀφορμαὶ λόγων Id. Hec. 1239 ,
Ph. 199 ;
ἀφορμὴν παρέχειν D. 18.156 ;
δεδωκέναι Id. 21.98 , cf.
2 Ep.Cor. 5.12 ;
λαβεῖν ἀ. Isoc. 4.61 ,
Ep.Rom. 7.8 ;
εὑρεῖν BGU 615.6 (ii A. D.),
923.22 (i/ii A. D.);
ἵνα ἀ. γένοιτο τιμῆς Inscr.Prien. 105.16 (i B. C.);
ἀ. καὶ πρόφασις Plb. 2.52.3 ;
occasion, origin of an illness,
Hp. Epid. 2.1.11 ,
Sor. 1.29 ;
εἰδέ τις οἴεται μικρὰν ἀ. εἶναι σιτηρέσιον τοῖς στρατευομένοις ὑπάρχειν a small
inducement, D. 4.29 ;
τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀ. τοῦ κακὼς φρονεῖν Id. 1.23 ;
instigation, incitement, POxy. 237 vii 21 (ii A. D.).
6). aptitude, inclination, εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν Phld. Ir. p.53 W. (pl.).
III). release of water from sluice, PAmh. 2.143.17 (iv A. D.).
ShortDef
a starting-point
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Headword (normalized):
ἀφορμή
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αφορμη
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀφορμ-ή</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">starting-point,</span> esp. in war, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">base of operations,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀναχώρησίς τε καὶ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.90 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:41:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:41:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 1.41.6 </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">place of safety,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:342" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:342/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 342 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">starting-point, origin, occasion</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pretext,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀφορμαὶ λόγων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1239" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1239/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 1239 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:199" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:199/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 199 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀφορμὴν παρέχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:156" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:156/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.156 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δεδωκέναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 21.98 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg008.perseus-grc1:5:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg008.perseus-grc1:5.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ep.Cor.</span> 5.12 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λαβεῖν ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 4.61 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Rom.</span> 7.8 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εὑρεῖν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 615.6 </span> (ii A. D.), <span class="bibl"> 923.22 </span> (i/ii A. D.); <span class="quote greek">ἵνα ἀ. γένοιτο τιμῆς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inscr.Prien.</span> 105.16 </span> (i B. C.); <span class="quote greek">ἀ. καὶ πρόφασις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:52:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:52:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 2.52.3 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">occasion, origin</span> of an illness, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 2.1.11 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.29 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἰδέ τις οἴεται μικρὰν ἀ. εἶναι σιτηρέσιον τοῖς στρατευομένοις ὑπάρχειν</span> a small <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inducement,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 4.29 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀ. τοῦ κακὼς φρονεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.23 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">instigation, incitement,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">POxy.</span> 237 vii 21 </span> (ii A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">means with which one begins</span> a thing, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">resources,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀ. τοῦ βίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg024.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg024.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 24.24 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς τὸν βίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:12:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:12:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.12.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τίνας εἶχεν ἀφορμὰς ἡ πόλις;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:233" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:233/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.233 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀφελεῖν τὴν ἀ. δῑ ἣν ὑβρίζει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 21.98 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πίστις ἀ. μεγίστη πρὸς χρηματισμόν</span> good faith is the best <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">asset</span> for business, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg036.perseus-grc1:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg036.perseus-grc1:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 36.44 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg011.perseus-grc1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg011.perseus-grc1:16/canonical-url/"> 11.16 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ἐπί</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg003.perseus-grc1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg003.perseus-grc1:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.33 </a>; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">means of war,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.109 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. εἰς ξένους χιλίους</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">means for levying</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1000" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1000/canonical-url/"> 1000 </a> mercenaries, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:8:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 4.8.33 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ἔργων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">means for undertaking</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:7:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:7:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.7.11 </a>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:5:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:5:11/canonical-url/"> 3.5.11 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς ἀφορμὴν ἐμπορίας ἢ γεωργίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1320a:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1320a.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1320a39 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πάντων ἀ. τῶν καλῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philem.</span> 110 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">capital</span> of a banker, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg036:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg036:1.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 1.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:7:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:7:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.7.12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lycurg.</span> 26 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg014.perseus-grc1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg014.perseus-grc1:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 14.30 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg036.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg036.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 36.11 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀφορμῆς δίκη</span> suit for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">restitution of capital,</span> Arg.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 36 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> Rhet., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">food for argument, material, subject,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὑποθέσεις καὶ ἀφορμαὶ λόγων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg037:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg037:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.Pr.</span> 18 </a> , cf. Men.Rh.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg037:p.334S" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg037:p.334S/canonical-url/"> p.334S. </a>, Aps.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg037:p.264H" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg037:p.264H/canonical-url/"> p.264H. </a> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">aptitude, inclination,</span> <span class="quote greek">εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ir.</span> p.53 </span> W. (pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Stoic term for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">repulsion</span> (opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὁρμή</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:3:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:3.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Chrysipp.Stoic.</span> 3.42 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1264.tlg001:40/canonical-url/"> 40 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg006:p.22D" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg006:p.22D/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Epict.</span> p.22D. </a> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">release</span> of water from sluice, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PAmh.</span> 2.143.17 </span> (iv A. D.).</div> </div><br><br>'}