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ἄφθα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφθα ἄφθης

Structure: ἀφθ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. a mouth ulcer

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἄφθα ά̓φθᾱ ά̓φθαι
Genitive ά̓φθης ά̓φθαιν ἀφθῶν
Dative ά̓φθῃ ά̓φθαιν ά̓φθαις
Accusative ά̓φθαν ά̓φθᾱ ά̓φθᾱς
Vocative ά̓φθα ά̓φθᾱ ά̓φθαι

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

  • χὡσ αὕτα λακεῖ μέγα καππυρίσασα κἠξαπίνασ ἅφθη, κοὐδὲ σποδὸν εἴδομεσ αὐτᾶσ, οὕτω τοι καὶ Δέλφισ ἐνὶ φλογὶ σάρκ’ ἀμαθύνοι. (Theocritus, Idylls, 23)
  • ὡσ ἅφθη τάχιστα τὸ λήιον, ἀνέμῳ βιώμενον ἅψατο νηοῦ Ἀθηναίησ ἐπίκλησιν Ἀσσησίησ, ἁφθεὶσ δὲ ὁ νηὸσ κατεκαύθη. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 19 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a mouth ulcer

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