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αἰχμή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰχμή

Structure: αἰχμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/ I, or a)i/+ssw

Sense

  1. the point of a spear
  2. a spear
  3. a body of spearmen
  4. war, battle, the war
  5. warlike spirit, mettle, spirit
  6. a sceptre

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative αἰχμή αἰχμᾱ́ αἰχμαί
Genitive αἰχμῆς αἰχμαῖν αἰχμῶν
Dative αἰχμῇ αἰχμαῖν αἰχμαῖς
Accusative αἰχμήν αἰχμᾱ́ αἰχμᾱ́ς
Vocative αἰχμή αἰχμᾱ́ αἰχμαί

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

  • ἔνθα βουλαὶ γερόντων, καὶ νέων ἀνδρῶν ἀρικαὶ τὸ στεύοισιν αἰχμαί καὶ τό βουλὴν δὲ πρῶτον μεγαθύμων ἷζε γερόντων Νεστορέῃ παρὰ νηὶ θαυμαστῶσ ἐπαινεῖται. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 10 5:1)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ οὕτωσ πεποίηκε περὶ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων ἔνθ’ αἰχμά τε νέων θάλλει καὶ μοῦσα λίγεια καὶ δίκα εὐρυάγυια Πίνδαροσ δέ φησιν ἔνθα βουλαὶ γερόντων καὶ νέων ἀνδρῶν ἀριστεύοντι αἰχμαὶ καὶ χοροὶ καὶ Μοῦσα καὶ ἀγλαϊά. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 21 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. the point of a spear

  2. a spear

  3. war

  4. warlike spirit

Similar forms

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

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