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ἄδυτον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄδυτον ἀδύτου

Structure: ἀδυτ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: a)/dutos as Subst.

Sense

  1. innermost sanctuary, shrine

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

  • ὅσαι δ’ Ἐρινύων οὐκ ἐπείσθησαν νόμῳ, δρόμοισ ἀνιδρύτοισιν ἠλάστρουν μ’ ἀεί, ἑώσ ἐσ ἁγνὸν ἦλθον αὖ Φοίβου πέδον, καὶ πρόσθεν ἀδύτων ἐκταθείσ, νῆστισ βορᾶσ, ἐπώμοσ’ αὐτοῦ βίον ἀπορρήξειν θανών, εἰ μή με σώσει Φοῖβοσ, ὅσ μ’ ἀπώλεσεν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 3:5)
  • ἔτι μιν ἔτι βρέφοσ, ἔτι φίλασ ἐπὶ ματέροσ ἀγκάλαισι θρῴσκων ἔκανεσ, ὦ Φοῖβε, μαντείων δ’ ἐπέβασ ζαθέων, τρίποδί τ’ ἐν χρυσέῳ θάσσεισ, ἐν ἀψευδεῖ θρόνῳ μαντείασ βροτοῖσ θεσφάτων νέμων ἀδύτων ὕπο, Κασταλίασ ῥεέθρων γείτων, μέσον γᾶσ ἔχων μέλαθρον. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, strophe 14)
  • "τί γάρ σοι, ὦ Τυχιάδη, περὶ τῶν τοιούτων δοκεῖ, λέγω δὴ χρησμῶν καὶ θεσφάτων καὶ ὅσα θεοφορούμενοί τινεσ ἀναβοῶσιν ἢ ἐξ ἀδύτων ἀκούεται ἢ παρθένοσ ἔμμετρα φθεγγομένη προθεσπίζει τὰ μέλλοντα; (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 30:2)
  • Ιὤνα δ’ ὀνομάζω σε τῇ τύχῃ πρέπον, ὁθούνεκ’ ἀδύτων ἐξιόντι μοι θεοῦ ἴχνοσ συνῆψασ πρῶτοσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 5:6)
  • ἤν γ’ ἐντὸσ ἀδύτων τῶνδέ με σφάξαι θέλῃσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics 1:32)

Synonyms

  1. innermost sanctuary

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