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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 ἔδωκε τῇ ἅβρᾳ αὐτῆσ ἀσκοπυτίνην οἴνου καὶ καψάκην ἐλαίου καὶ πήραν ἐπλήρωσεν ἀλφίτων καὶ παλάθησ καὶ ἄρτων καθαρῶν καὶ περιεδίπλωσε πάντα τὰ ἀγγεῖα αὐτῆσ καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ἐπ̓ αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 10:5)
  • Λαμψακηνοὶ δὲ προσδοκίμων οὐσῶν τριηρῶν πολλῶν πρὸσ αὐτούσ, ὄντοσ μεδίμνου τῶν ἀλφίτων τετραδράχμου, προσέταξαν τοῖσ ἀγοραίοισ πωλεῖν ἑξάδραχμον, καὶ τοῦ ἐλαίου τὸν χοᾶ ὄντα δραχμῶν <τριῶν>, τεττάρων καὶ τριωβόλου, τοῦ τε οἴνου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὡσαύτωσ. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 36:1)
  • ἡ μὲν σιπύη μεστή ’στι λευκῶν ἀλφίτων, οἱ δ’ ἀμφορῆσ οἴνου μέλανοσ ἀνθοσμίου. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode3)
  • οἱ δὲ γιγνώσκοντεσ εὖ τοὺσ πένητασ ἀσθενοῦντασ κἀποροῦντασ ἀλφίτων, τήνδε μὲν δικροῖσ ἐώθουν τὴν θεὸν κεκράγμασιν, πολλάκισ φανεῖσαν αὐτὴν τῆσδε τῆσ χώρασ πόθῳ, τῶν δὲ συμμάχων ἔσειον τοὺσ παχεῖσ καὶ πλουσίουσ, αἰτίασ ἂν προστιθέντεσ, ὡσ φρονεῖ τὰ Βρασίδου. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, epirrheme17)
  • τοῦτο δ’ εἰσ ἕν ἐστι συγκεκυφόσ, ὥστ’ εἰ σὺ βριμήσαιο καὶ βλέψειασ ὀστρακίνδα, νύκτωρ καθαρπάσαντεσ ἂν τὰσ ἀσπίδασ θέοντεσ τὰσ ἐσβολὰσ τῶν ἀλφίτων ἂν καταλάβοιεν ἡμῶν. (Aristotle, Agon, antepirrheme9)

Synonyms

  1. barley-groats

  2. meal

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