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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

  • ἔδοξε δὴ σκοπουμένοισ τὴν ὑστάτην ἄγκυραν, ἣν ἱερὰν οἱ ναυτιλλόμενοί φασιν, καθιέναι, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν βελτίστην ἀπόνοιαν ὁρμήσαντεσ, ἔτι τε καὶ τόλμαν καὶ ἀμαθίαν καὶ ἀναισχυντίαν προσπαρακαλέσαντεσ, αἵπερ αὐτοῖσ μάλιστα συναγωνίζονται, καὶ λοιδορίασ καινὰσ ^ ἐκμελετήσαντεσ, ὡσ πρόχειροι εἰε͂ν καὶ ἀνὰ στόμα, ταύτασ μόνασ ξυμβολὰσ ἔχοντεσ ‐ ὁρᾷσ ὁποῖα πρὸσ φιλοσοφίαν ἐφόδια; (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 13:3)
  • κοντοῖσ δὲ πρῷραν εἶχον, οἳ δ’ ἐπωτίδων ἄγκυραν ἐξανῆπτον· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 3:2)
  • οὐκοῦν ἐπεὶ τῆσ νεὼσ τὸ παράδειγμα, οὐ πάνυ σοι ἰσχυρὸν ἔδοξεν εἶναι, ἄκουσον ἤδη τὴν ἱεράν, φασίν, ἄγκυραν καὶ ἣν οὐδεμιᾷ μηχανῇ ἀπορρήξεισ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 51:1)
  • ὅτι οὐκ αἰσθάνῃ ἀπὸ λεπτῆσ κρόκησ ἐξαψάμενόσ σου τὴν ἄγκυραν, καὶ ταῦτα ἱερὰν οὖσαν· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 51:10)
  • ὥστε, νὴ τὴν ἄγκυραν τὴν ἱεράν, ἐθέλω σπείσασθαι ἤδη πρὸσ σὲ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν γε τῶν βωμῶν, ὡσ μηκέτι περὶ τούτων ἐρίζοιμεν. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 52:4)

Synonyms

  1. anchor

  2. hook

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