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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

  • καὶ τὰ ἄλφιτα οὐκέτ’ ὀλίγα οὐδὲ ὡσ πρὸ τοῦ μᾶζα ψιλή, τὸ δὲ ὄψον οὐ τάριχοσ ἢ θύμον, ἀλλὰ κρέα παντοδαπὰ καὶ οἶνοσ οἱο͂σ ἥδιστοσ, καὶ χρυσίον παρ’ ὅτου ἂν ἐθέλωσι· (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 14:4)
  • καμνούσῃ δὲ ἐμβάλλειν ἢ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ κρέωσ λιπαροῦ, ἢ βοὸσ ἧπαρ ἐν σποδιᾷ θερμῇ φρύξαντα, ἔπειτα τρίψαντα καθάπερ ἄλφιτα ἐπιπάττειν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 8 3:1)
  • φοβηθῆναι οὐδὲ καταπλαγῆναί φασιν, εἰ ἐδύναντο τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ὁμοίωσ πονοῦντεσ ἐκπορίζειν τὰ ἄλφιτα, νῦν δέ, πεπονηκέναι γὰρ αὐτοῖσ τὰ σώματα ἢ ὑπὸ γήρωσ ἢ ὑπὸ νόσων, ἐπὶ τήνδε ῥᾴστην οὖσαν τὴν μισθοφορὰν ἀπηντηκέναι. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 6:2)
  • Μίκυλλε δέσποτα, ᾤμην τι χαριεῖσθαί σοι φθάνων τῆσ νυκτὸσ ὁπόσον δυναίμην, ὡσ ἔχοισ ὀρθρευόμενοσ προανύειν τὰ πολλὰ τῶν ἔργων εἰ ^ γοῦν πρὶν ἀνατεῖλαι ἥλιον μίαν κρηπῖδα ἐξεργάσαιο, πρὸ ὁδοῦ ἔσῃ τοῦτο ἐσ τὰ ἄλφιτα πεπονηκώσ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 1:5)
  • πωλῶν γὰρ βότρυσ μεστὴν ἀπῆρα τὴν γνάθον χαλκῶν ἔχων κἄπειτ’ ἐχώρουν εἰσ ἀγορὰν ἐπ’ ἄλφιτα. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode 3:16)

Synonyms

  1. barley-groats

  2. meal

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