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ἀλέτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλέτης

Structure: ἀλετ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: a)le/w

Sense

  1. a grinder

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀλέτης ἀλέτᾱ ἀλέται
Genitive ἀλέτου ἀλέταιν ἀλετῶν
Dative ἀλέτῃ ἀλέταιν ἀλέταις
Accusative ἀλέτην ἀλέτᾱ ἀλέτᾱς
Vocative ἀλέτα ἀλέτᾱ ἀλέται

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

  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεί κ’ ἢ δουρὶ τυπεὶσ ἢ βλήμενοσ ἰῷ εἰσ ἵππουσ ἅλεται, τότε οἱ κράτοσ ἐγγυαλίξω κτείνειν εἰσ ὅ κε νῆασ ἐϋσσέλμουσ ἀφίκηται δύῃ τ’ ἠέλιοσ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφασ ἱερὸν ἔλθῃ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 15:18)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεί κ’ ἢ δουρὶ τυπεὶσ ἢ βλήμενοσ ἰῷ εἰσ ἵππουσ ἅλεται, τότε τοι κράτοσ ἐγγυαλίξει κτείνειν, εἰσ ὅ κε νῆασ ἐϋσσέλμουσ ἀφίκηαι δύῃ τ’ ἠέλιοσ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφασ ἱερὸν ἔλθῃ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 16:6)

Synonyms

  1. a grinder

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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