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Κοίλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κοίλη

Structure: Κοιλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: fem. of koi=los, name of a dh=mos in Attica, Hdt.

Sense

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Κοίλη Κοίλᾱ Κοῖλαι
Genitive Κοίλης Κοίλαιν Κοιλῶν
Dative Κοίλῃ Κοίλαιν Κοίλαις
Accusative Κοίλην Κοίλᾱ Κοίλᾱς
Vocative Κοίλη Κοίλᾱ Κοῖλαι

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

  • ἀκίνδυνοι δ’ ἀρεταὶ οὔτε παρ’ ἀνδράσιν οὔτ’ ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαισ τίμιαι· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 6 3:2)
  • Αἴτνα μᾶτερ ἐμά, κἠγὼ καλὸν ἄντρον ἐνοικέω κοίλαισ ἐν πέτραισιν· (Theocritus, Idylls, 8)
  • ἡ πήρη καὶ χλαῖνα καὶ ὕδατι πιληθεῖσα μάζα, καὶ ἡ πρὸ ποδῶν ῥάβδοσ ἐρειδομένη, καὶ δέπασ ἐκ κεράμοιο, σοφῷ κυνὶ μέτρα βίοιο ἄρκια κἠν τούτοισ ἦν τι περισσότερον κοίλαισ γὰρ πόμα χερσὶν ἰδὼν ἀρύοντα βοώτην, εἶπε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3331)
  • νυκτερεύουσι δ’ ἐπὶ τῆσ χώρασ σπανίωσ μὲν ἔν τισιν εὐτελέσιν ἐπαύλεσιν ἢ καλιαῖσ, τὰ δὲ πολλὰ ἐν ταῖσ κοίλαισ πέτραισ καὶ σπηλαίοισ αὐτοφυέσι καὶ δυναμένοισ σκέπην ἱκανὴν παρέχεσθαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 39 5:1)
  • ὑποδέσεσι δὲ κοίλαισ χρῶνται καὶ τοῖσ χρώμασι πεποικιλμέναισ περιττότερον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 45 6:3)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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