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Κιμμερίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κιμμερίᾱ Κιμμερίας

Structure: Κιμμερι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. a female Cimmerian

Declension

First 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

  • καὶ νῦν ἔστι μὲν ἐν τῇ Σκυθικῇ Κιμμέρια τείχεα, ἔστι δὲ πορθμήια Κιμμέρια, ἔστι δὲ καὶ χωρῇ οὔνομα Κιμμερίη, ἔστι δὲ Βόσποροσ Κιμμέριοσ καλεόμενοσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 12 1:1)
  • οὐδ’ ἔχω συμβαλέσθαι ἐπ’ ὅτευ μιῇ ἐούσῃ γῇ οὐνόματα τριφάσια κέεται ἐπωνυμίασ ἔχοντα γυναικῶν, καὶ οὐρίσματα αὐτῇ Νεῖλόσ τε ὁ Αἰγύπτιοσ ποταμὸσ ἐτέθη καὶ Φᾶσισ ὁ Κόλχοσ οἳ δὲ Τάναιν ποταμὸν τὸν Μαιήτην καὶ πορθμήια τὰ Κιμμέρια λέγουσι, οὐδὲ τῶν διουρισάντων τὰ οὐνόματα πυθέσθαι, καὶ ὅθεν ἔθεντο τὰσ ἐπωνυμίασ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 45 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a female Cimmerian

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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