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αἰχμαλωτίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰχμαλωτίς αἰχμαλωτίδος

Structure: αἰχμαλωτιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from ai)xma/lwtos

Sense

Examples

  • γυναῖκεσ ὤλεσάν με, γυναῖκεσ αἰχμαλωτίδεσ· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric9)
  • αἱ μὲν οὖν αἰχμαλωτίδεσ προσπεσούσησ αὐταῖσ παραδόξου καὶ παντελῶσ ἀπηλπισμένησ εὐτυχίασ τόν τε Ἀλέξανδρον ὡσ θεὸν προσεδέξαντο καὶ τῶν ὀδυρμῶν ἀπηλλάγησαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 36 12:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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