eratapokriseis

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noun

questions and answers (as a form of catechism etc.)

OriginAncient Greek ἐρωταποκρίσεις →
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Meanings

nouneratapokriseis (uncountable)

alternative erotapokriseis

  1. uncountablequestions and answers (as a form of catechism etc.)

    This material, thus offers a possible background to the unexpected appearance of the question of the Temple, in a remarkable work of Justinian's time, the Eratapokriseis, (or Questions and Answers) notionally attributed to Kaisarios, the brother of Gregory of Nazianzus […]

    2008, F. Millar, Rebuilding the Jerusalem Temple: Pagan, Jewish and Christian Conceptions, Russia, page 19

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἐρωταποκρίσεις
  2. Englisheratapokriseis

From Ancient Greek ἐρωταποκρίσεις (erōtapokríseis), from ἐρωτάω (erōtáō, “ask”) + ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis, “answer”).

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