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ἄλειφαρ

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλειφαρ ἀλείφατος

Structure: ἀλειφαρ (Stem)

Etym.: a)lei/fw

Sense

  1. unguent, anointing oil, oil, fat
  2. pitch, resin

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

  • χερσὶ δ’ ὅ γ’ ἀμφοτέρῃσιν ἀνείλετο λευκὸν ἄλειφαρ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 52:5)
  • τετράενεσ δὲ πίθων ἀπελύετο κρατὸσ ἄλειφαρ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 68)
  • πρᾶταί τοι στέφανον λωτῶ χαμαὶ αὐξομένοιο πλέξασαι σκιερὰν καταθήσομεν ἐσ πλατάνιστον, πρᾶται δ’ ἀργυρέασ ἐξ ὄλπιδοσ ὑγρὸν ἄλειφαρ λαζύμεναι σταξεῦμεσ ὑπὸ σκιερὰν πλατάνιστον· (Theocritus, Idylls, 20)

Synonyms

  1. unguent

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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