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ἄκανθα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκανθα ἀκάνθης

Structure: ἀκανθ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/ I

Sense

  1. A thorny plant
  2. A thorn, spine, or prickle
  3. (figuratively) Something difficult or painful.

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

  • ἀκάνθασ καὶ τριβόλουσ ἀνατελεῖ σοι, καὶ φαγῇ τὸν χόρτον τοῦ ἀγροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:18)
  • ἐὰν δὲ ἐξελθὸν πῦρ εὕρῃ ἀκάνθασ καὶ προσεμπρήσῃ ἅλωνα ἢ στάχυσ ἢ πεδίον, ἀποτίσει ὁ τὸ πῦρ ἐκκαύσασ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 22:6)
  • πρὸ τοῦ συνιέναι τὰσ ἀκάνθασ αὐτῶν τὴν ράμνον, ὡσεὶ ζῶντασ, ὡσεὶ ἐν ὀργῇ καταπίεται αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 57:10)
  • καὶ φραγμὸν περιέθηκα καὶ ἐχαράκωσα καὶ ἐφύτευσα ἄμπελον Σωρὴχ καὶ ὠκοδόμησα πύργον ἐν μέσῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ προλήνιον ὤρυξα ἐν αὐτῷ. καὶ ἔμεινα τοῦ ποιῆσαι σταφυλήν, ἐποίησε δὲ ἀκάνθασ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 5:2)
  • τί ποιήσω ἔτι τῷ ἀμπελώνί μου καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησα αὐτῷ̣ διότι ἔμεινα τοῦ ποιῆσαι σταφυλήν, ἐποίησε δὲ ἀκάνθασ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 5:4)

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