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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

  • ἄκανθαι φύονται ἐν χειρὶ μεθύσου, δουλεία δὲ ἐν χειρὶ τῶν ἀφρόνων. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 26:9)
  • διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ πορεύσονται ἐκ ταλαιπωρίασ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἐκδέξεται αὐτοὺσ Μέμφισ, καὶ θάψει αὐτοὺσ Μαχμάσ. τὸ ἀργύριον αὐτῶν ὄλεθροσ κληρονομήσει αὐτό, ἄκανθαι ἐν τοῖσ σκηνώμασιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 9:6)
  • καὶ ἐξαρθήσονται βωμοὶ Ὦν, ἁμαρτήματα τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. ἄκανθαι καὶ τρίβολοι ἀναβήσονται ἐπὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐροῦσι τοῖσ ὄρεσι. καλύψατε ἡμᾶσ, καὶ τοῖσ βουνοῖσ. πέσατε ἐφ̓ ἡμᾶσ. ‐ (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 10:8)
  • καὶ ἀνήσω τὸν ἀμπελωνά μου καὶ οὐ τμηθῇ οὐδὲ μὴ σκαφῇ, καὶ ἀναβήσονται εἰσ αὐτὸν ὡσ εἰσ χέρσον ἄκανθαι. καὶ ταῖσ νεφέλαισ ἐντελοῦμαι τοῦ μὴ βρέξαι εἰσ αὐτὸν ὑετόν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 5:6)
  • καὶ δὴ τὸ χωρίον σοι, φαίη τισ ἄν, ἀκριβῶσ ἀνακεκάθαρται καὶ αἵ τε ἄκανθαι, ὁπόσαι ἦσαν, καὶ βάτοι ἐκκεκομμέναι εἰσί, τὰ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων ἐρείπια ἤδη ἐκπεφόρηται, καὶ εἴ τι τραχύ, ἤδη καὶ τοῦτο λεῖόν ἐστιν. (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 331)

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