ἀφήγησις
ἐξ ὀνύχων λέοντα τεκμαίρεσθαι → judge by the claws, judge by a slight but characteristic mark, small traits give the clue to the character of a person, deduce something from a small indication, identify a lion from its claws
English (LSJ)
-εως, Ion. ἀπήγησις, ιος, ἡ, narration, ἀξιωτάτη ἀπηγήσιος worth telling, Hdt.2.70; οὐκ ἀξίως ἀπηγήσιος = in a way not fit to be told, Id.3.125; ἱστορίας D.H.2.7; πραγμάτων J. BJ1.11.4, cf. Arr.An.Prooem.2, Luc.Hist.Conscr.30, Aristid.1.154J., Hermog.Id.1.1, al.; report, SIG578.54 (Teos, ii B.C.).
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
• Alolema(s): jón. ἀπήγησις, -ιος Hdt.2.70, 3.125
I 1narración ἀξιωτάτη ἀπηγήσιος Hdt.2.70, οὐκ ἀξίως ἀπηγήσιος Hdt.3.125, cf. 5.65, ἐν ἱστορίας ἀφηγήσει D.H.2.7, τῶν πραχθέντων ἀ. Luc.Hist.Cons.30, πιστότεροι ἔδοξαν ἐς τὴν ἀφήγησιν Arr.An.proem.2, cf. An.4.14.3, Aristid.Or.1.213, Hermog.Id.1.1 (p.219), 2.1, πράξεων παλαιῶν ἀφήγησιν ποιουμένοις Aristid.Quint.3.23, τὴν ἀφήγησιν ἑτέρῳ πρότερον ἐκπεπονημένην Agath.4.26.4, ἐς ἀφήγησιν εἴρηται Eun.VS 482.
2 informe, presentación μετὰ τοῦ λόγου τοῦ ἐπιμηνίου τὴν ἀπήγησιν SIG 578.54 (Teos II a.C.).
3 gram. significación A.D.Synt.12.2, 44.21.
II 1gestión, conducción δραστήριος ἀνὴρ ἐν ἀφηγήσει πραγμάτων I.BI 1.226.
2 primacía μεταστήσεται δὲ ἡ ἀ. εἰς τετράγωνον Iambl.in Nic.p.102.
German (Pape)
[Seite 409] ἡ, ion. ἀπήγησις, Erzählung, Her. 2, 70. 3, 24 u. öfter; Luc. Qu. Hist. 30.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
récit, narration.
Étymologie: ἀφηγέομαι.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀφήγησις: εως, ион. ἀπήγησις, ιως ἡ Her., Luc. = ἀφήγημα.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀφήγησις: Ἰων. ἀπήγησις -εως, ἡ, διήγησις, ἀξιωτάτη ἀπηγήσιος, δηλ. ἀξιωτάτη διηγήσεως, Ἡρόδ. 2. 70· οὐκ ἀξίως ἀπηγήσιος, κατὰ τρόπον ἀνάξιον διηγήσεως, ὁ αὐτ. 3. 125.
Greek Monotonic
ἀφήγησις: Ιων. ἀπηγ-, -εως, Ιων. -ιος, ἡ, εξιστόρηση, αφήγηση, ἄξιον ἀπηγήσιος, άξιο εξιστόρησης, σε Ηρόδ.
Middle Liddell
[From ἀφηγέομαι
a telling, narrating, ἄξιον ἀπηγήσιος worth telling, Hdt.
Translations
narration
Arabic: حِكَايَة; Belarusian: апавяданне; Bengali: বয়ান, রেওয়ায়ৎ; Bulgarian: разказване, описание; Chinese Mandarin: 講述, 讲述, 敘述, 叙述; Esperanto: rakonto; Finnish: kertomus, kuvaus; French: narration; German: Erzählung; Ancient Greek: διήγησις, ἀφήγησις; Ido: naraco; Irish: ríomh, reacaireacht; Japanese: ナレーション, 叙述; Korean: 서술(敍述), 내레이션, 이야기하기; Latvian: stāstīšana, stāstījums; Northern Sami: muitalus; Old Norse: frásǫgn; Portuguese: narração; Russian: повествование, изложение, рассказ; Sanskrit: कथन; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: приповеда̄ње, приповиједа̄ње; Roman: pripovédānje, pripovijédānje; Spanish: narración; Thai: การเล่าเรื่อง; Ukrainian: оповідання, розповідання
