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ἄλφιτον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλφιτον ἀλφίτου

Structure: ἀλφιτ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: a)lfo/s

Sense

  1. barley-groats
  2. meal, groats
  3. (figuratively) one's daily bread, 'bread and cheese'

Declension

Second 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

  • Χοροῦ ὦ πλεῖστα Θησείοισ μεμυστιλημένοι γέροντεσ ἄνδρεσ ἐπ’ ὀλιγίστοισ ἀλφίτοισ, ὡσ εὐτυχεῖθ’, ὡσ μακαρίωσ πεπράγατε, ἄλλοι θ’ ὅσοισ μέτεστι τοῦ χρηστοῦ τρόπου. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:1)
  • καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα περιέπλασα τοῦ χοίρου τὴν ἡμίσειαν, ὡσ ὁρᾶτε, ἀλφίτοισ πολλοῖσ κριθῆσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 26 6:3)
  • "νειφέτω μὲν ἀλφίτοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:163)
  • τῶν δ’ οἱ μὲν ἑστῶτοσ ἔτι τοῦ θύματοσ σκυτάλῃ τοὺσ κροτάφουσ ἔπαιον, οἱ δὲ πίπτοντοσ ὑπετίθεσαν τὰσ σφαγίδασ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο δείραντέσ τε καὶ μελίσαντεσ ἀπαρχὰσ ἐλάμβανον ἐξ ἑκάστου σπλάγχνου καὶ παντὸσ ἄλλου μέλουσ, ἃσ ἀλφίτοισ ζέασ ἀναδεύσαντεσ προσέφερον τοῖσ θύουσιν ἐπὶ κανῶν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 72 26:1)
  • ἀπαρχάσ τ’ ἀπὸ τῶν σπλάγχνων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων λαμβάνοντασ μελῶν, καὶ ταύτασ ἀλφίτοισ δεύοντασ καὶ καθαγίζοντασ ἐπὶ τῶν βωμῶν, ὡσ ἐπὶ τῆσ αὐτῆσ ποιεῖ θυσίασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 72 29:1)

Synonyms

  1. barley-groats

  2. meal

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