"ἐπικουρία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐπικουρία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.pi.kuː.rí.aː/, /e.pi.kuˈri.a/, /e.pi.kuˈri.a/, /e.pi.kuː.rí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /e.pi.kuˈri.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /e.pi.kuˈri.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /e.pi.kuˈri.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /e.pi.kuˈri.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: ἐπίκουρος (epíkouros) + -ίᾱ (-íā) Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἐπίκουρος|-ίᾱ}} ἐπίκουρος (epíkouros) + -ίᾱ (-íā) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐπῐκουρίᾱ|ἐπῐκουρίᾱς|f|first}} ἐπῐκουρίᾱ • (epĭkouríā) f (genitive ἐπῐκουρίᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐπῐκουρίᾱ|ας}} Forms: ἐπῐκουρίᾱ [canonical], epĭkouríā [romanization], ἐπῐκουρίᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἐπῐκουρίᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐπῐκουρίᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐπῐκουρίαι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐπῐκουρίᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐπῐκουρίαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐπῐκουριῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐπῐκουρίᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐπῐκουρίαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐπῐκουρίαις [dative, plural], τὴν ἐπῐκουρίᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐπῐκουρίᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐκουρίᾱς [accusative, plural], ἐπῐκουρίᾱ [singular, vocative], ἐπῐκουρίᾱ [dual, vocative], ἐπῐκουρίαι [plural, vocative]
  1. help, aid, succour
    Sense id: en-ἐπικουρία-grc-noun-Jc69czim Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24
  2. an auxiliary or mercenary force
    Sense id: en-ἐπικουρία-grc-noun-6PemeN2j Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 44 56 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ἐπικουρίη (epikouríē) [Ionic]
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          "english": "Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come",
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          "roman": "epikourías oûn tukhṑn tês parà toû Theoû ákhri tês hēméras taútēs héstēka marturómenos mikrôi te kaì megálōi, oudèn ektòs légōn hôn te hoi prophêtai elálēsan mellóntōn gínesthai kaì Mōüsês",
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