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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 εἶπεν Ἰεσσαὶ πρὸσ Δαυίδ. λαβὲ δὴ τοῖσ ἀδελφοῖσ σου οἰφὶ τοῦ ἀλφίτου καὶ δέκα ἄρτουσ τούτουσ καὶ διάδραμε εἰσ τὴν παρεμβολὴν καὶ δὸσ τοῖσ ἀδελφοῖσ σου, (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 17:38)
  • καὶ ἔσπευσεν Ἀβιγαία καὶ ἔλαβε διακοσίουσ ἄρτουσ καὶ δύο ἀγγεῖα οἴνου καὶ πέντε πρόβατα πεποιημένα καὶ πέντε οἰφὶ ἀλφίτου καὶ γόμορ ἓν σταφίδοσ καὶ διακοσίασ παλάθασ καὶ ἔθετο ἐπὶ τοὺσ ὄνους (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 25:18)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνοσ τῷ μὲν Μαχάονι μετ’ ἀλφίτου καὶ τυροῦ δέδωκε τὸν οἶνον, τὸν δ’ Ὀδυσσέα ποιεῖ συνάπτοντα τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν σιτίων καὶ οἴνου ὠφέλειαν ὃσ δὲ κ’ ἀνὴρ οἴνοιο κορεσσάμενοσ καὶ ἐδωδῆσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 17 3:1)
  • ἐπ’ ἀλφίτου πίνοντα τοῦ θέρουσ ποτὲ ἰδὼν Σέλευκον ἡδέωσ τὸν βασιλέα ἔγραψα καὶ παρέδειξα τοῖσ πολλοῖσ ὅτι κἂν τὸ τυχὸν ᾖ πραγμάτιον ἢ σφόδρ’ εὐτελέσ, σεμνὸν δύναται τοῦθ’ ἡ δύναμισ ἡ ’μὴ ποιεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 401)
  • ἐπιπάττοντασ λέκιθον ἀντὶ ἀλφίτου πίνειν, καὶ λέγεσθαι ταύτην τὴν πόσιν καλλίονα τῆσ ἐξ ἀλφίτων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 40 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. barley-groats

  2. meal

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