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ἀλαλή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλαλή

Structure: ἀλαλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: (Formed from the sound, cf. a)lalai/.)

Sense

  1. a loud cry, the cry with which battle was begun, the battle-cry

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀλαλή ἀλαλᾱ́ ἀλαλαί
Genitive ἀλαλῆς ἀλαλαῖν ἀλαλῶν
Dative ἀλαλῇ ἀλαλαῖν ἀλαλαῖς
Accusative ἀλαλήν ἀλαλᾱ́ ἀλαλᾱ́ς
Vocative ἀλαλή ἀλαλᾱ́ ἀλαλαί

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

  • ἢ ὅτε καρτερᾶσ Ἄδραστον ἐξ ἀλαλᾶσ ἄμπεμψασ ὀρφανὸν μυρίων ἑτάρων ἐσ Ἄργοσ ἵππιον; (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 7 3:4)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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