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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

  • "ὁ γὰρ ἥλιοσ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὁρίζοντοσ ὢν ἅπτεται τῇ ἀκτῖνι τῆσ σελήνησ· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 17 2:4)
  • δεύτερον, ἀκτῖνι τὴν ὄψιν ἐοικυῖαι, πυρὶ δὲ τὴν ψυχὴν ἄνω κουφιζομένην, ὥσπερ ἐνταῦθα, τῷ περὶ τὴν σελήνην αἰθέρι, καὶ τόνον ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ δύναμιν, οἱο͂ν τὰ στομούμενα βαφὴν, ἴσχουσι· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 28 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. ray

  2. brightness

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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