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ἅλας

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἅλας

Structure: ἁλατ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a(/ls

Sense

  1. salt

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἅλας ά̔λατε ά̔λατα
Genitive ά̔λατος ἁλάτοιν ἁλάτων
Dative ά̔λατι ἁλάτοιν ά̔λασιν*
Accusative ἅλας ά̔λατε ά̔λατα
Vocative ά̔λας ά̔λατε ά̔λατα

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

  • οἴμοι τοῦ καταφθιμένου τοῦ τε ζῶντοσ ἀλάτα, ὅσ που γᾶν ἄλλαν κατέχει, μέλεοσ ἀλαί‐ νων ποτὶ θῆσσαν ἑστίαν, τοῦ κλεινοῦ πατρὸσ ἐκφύσ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 36)
  • κλύεισ, ὦ πολύμοχθ’ ἀλᾶτα; (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, antistrophe 18)

Synonyms

  1. salt

Related

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

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