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ἄγκυρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγκυρα ἀγκύρας

Structure: ἀγκυρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gkos

Sense

  1. anchor
  2. hook

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 ἡ μὲν σιδηρᾶ οὐκ ἔδοξέ μοι εἶναι παλαιά ‐ καίτοι τὸ μέγεθοσ οὐ κατὰ τὰσ νῦν ἀγκύρασ ἐστίν, καὶ τὸ σχῆμα ἀμηγέπη ἐξηλλαγμένη ‐ , ἀλλὰ νεωτέρα μοι ἐφάνη εἶναι τοῦ χρόνου. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 9 2:3)
  • λιθίνησ δέ τινοσ ἄλλησ θραύσματα ἐδείκνυτο παλαιά, ὡσ ταῦτα μᾶλλον εἰκάσαι ἐκεῖνα εἶναι τὰ λείψανα τῆσ ἀγκύρασ τῆσ Ἀργοῦσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 9 3:1)
  • περιμετροῦντοσ γάρ μου τῆσ ἀγκύρασ τὰ πάχοσ οὐκ οἶδα ὅπου ὑμεῖσ ἀπέστητε. (Lucian, 22:5)
  • καὶ μὴν ἐάνπερ ναῦν ἐπ’ ἀγκύρασ λάβω, ἀνὴρ παρ’ ἄνδρα στήσεται ξιφηφόροσ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 18:4)
  • τοῖσ δὲ θηρίοισ τὸ μὲν πολύτροπον τοῦ λόγου καὶ περιττὸν καὶ φιλελεύθερον ἄγαν οὐκ ἔστιν, ἀλόγουσ δ’ ὁρμὰσ καὶ ὀρέξεισ ἔχοντα καὶ χρώμενα πλάναισ καὶ περιδρομαῖσ πολλάκισ, οὐ μακρὰν ἀλλ ὡσ ἐπ’ ἀγκύρασ τῆσ φύσεωσ σαλεύει ἢ καθάπερ ὄνῳ ὁδὸν ὑφ’ ἡνίᾳ καὶ χαλινῷ βαδίζοντι δείκνυσι τὴν εὐθεῖαν. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 1 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. anchor

  2. hook

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