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ἀβακίσκος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀβακίσκος ἀβακίσκου

Structure: ἀβακισκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/bac

Sense

  1. A coloured stone for inlaying in mosaic work: abaculus

Declension

Second 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

  • ταῦτα δὲ πάντα δάπεδον εἶχεν ἐν ἀβακίσκοισ συγκείμενον ἐκ παντοίων λίθων, ἐν οἷσ ἦν κατεσκευασμένοσ πᾶσ ὁ περὶ τὴν Ἰλιάδα μῦθοσ θαυμασίωσ ταῖσ τε κατασκευαῖσ καὶ ταῖσ ὀροφαῖσ, καὶ θυρώμασι δὲ πάντα ἦν ταῦτα πεπονημένα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 415)

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