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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

  • τὸ γὰρ ὑπὸ πυρὸσ μὴ φθειρόμενον ἁπλῶσ ὑπὸ βραχείασ ἀκτῖνοσ ἡλίου θερμαινόμενον ἐτήκετο, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 16:27)
  • "ἀλλ’ οὐ φεύγει τὸ φίλοσ εἶναι καὶ λέγεσθαι βασιλέων καθάπερ ὑμεῖσ, ἐπεὶ σοῦ γε καὶ τἄλλα θαυμάζει, καὶ τῆσ πυραμίδοσ τὴν μέτρησιν ὑπερφυῶσ ἠγάπησεν, ὅτι πάσησ ἄνευ πραγματείασ καὶ μηδενὸσ ὀργάνου δεηθεὶσ ἀλλὰ τὴν βακτηρίαν στήσασ ἐπὶ τῷ πέρατι τῆσ σκιᾶσ ἣν ἡ πυραμὶσ ἐποίει, γενομένων τῇ ἐπαφῇ τῆσ ἀκτῖνοσ δυεῖν τριγώνων, ἔδειξασ ὃν ἡ σκιὰ πρὸσ τὴν σκιὰν λόγον εἶχε τὴν πυραμίδα πρὸσ τὴν βακτηρίαν ἔχουσαν. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 2 9:1)
  • τὸ φάρμακον τοῦτ’ ἄπυρον ἀκτῖνόσ τ’ ἀεὶ θερμῆσ ἄθικτον ἐν μυχοῖσ σῴζειν ἐμέ, ἑώσ νιν ἀρτίχριστον ἁρμόσαιμί που. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 1:6)
  • καὶ ἐν ἀλλοδαπαῖσ σπέρμ’ ἀρούραισ τουτάκισ ὑμετέρασ ἀκτῖνοσ ὄλβου δέξατο μοιρίδιον ἆμαρ ἢ νύκτεσ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 79:1)
  • ἐκεῖ δὲ παραγενόμενοσ ἀνέβλεψεν ἐξακεσθεὶσ ὑπὸ τῆσ ἡλιακῆσ ἀκτῖνοσ, καὶ διὰ ταχέων ἐπὶ τὸν Οἰνοπίωνα ἔσπευδεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 4 3:9)

Synonyms

  1. ray

  2. brightness

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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