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ἀκτίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκτίς ἀκτῖνος

Structure: ἀκτιν (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. ray, beam
  2. (figuratively) brightness, splendor
  3. spoke (of a wheel)

Declension

Third 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

  • ἄφυκτα γάρ ἐστιν, ἢν ὁ ἥλιοσ ἀνασπάσασ τὴν ἰκμάδα καὶ τάχιστα ξηράνασ τὴν χώραν ὑπερζέσῃ, ἀκμαιοτέραν τὴν ἀκτῖνα προσβαλὼν ἅτε πρὸσ τὴν νοτίδα παρατεθηγμένην· (Lucian, Dipsades 3:4)
  • οἱ μάταιοι γὰρ οὗτοι πόνοι, ὦ Ἀνάχαρσι, καὶ αἱ συνεχεῖσ ἐν τῷ πηλῷ κυβιστήσεισ καὶ αἱ ὕπαιθροι ἐν τῇ ψάμμῳ ταλαιπωρίαι τοῦτο ἡμῖν τὸ ἀμυντήριον παρέχουσι πρὸσ τὰσ τοῦ ἡλίου βολάσ, καὶ οὐκέτι πίλου δεόμεθα ὃσ τὴν ἀκτῖνα κωλύσει καθικνεῖσθαι τῆσ κεφαλῆσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 16:13)
  • ὡσ ὑπερβαλὼν στρατὸν τείχη τ’ Ἀχαιῶν ναυσὶν αἶθον ἐμβαλεῖν πέποιθα Τρωσί θ’ ἡμέραν ἐλευθέραν ἀκτῖνα τὴν στείχουσαν ἡλίου φέρειν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 4:27)
  • ὡσ οὔποτ’ αὖθισ, ἀλλὰ νῦν πανύστατον ἀκτῖνα κύκλον θ’ ἡλίου προσόψομαι. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 5:7)
  • καὶ γὰρ οἱ τοῦ ἡλίου τὴν ἄφθονόν γε ταύτην καὶ κατακεχυμένην ἅπασιν ἀκτῖνα παρορῶντεσ, αὐτὸν δὲ τὸν κύκλον ἀναιδῶσ καταβλέπειν καὶ διαστέλλειν τὸ φῶσ εἴσω βιαζόμενοι καὶ τολμῶντεσ ἀποτυφλοῦνται. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 43)

Synonyms

  1. ray

  2. brightness

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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