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ἄλκη

First declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλκη ἄλκης

Structure: ἀλκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)/lalke

Sense

  1. elk

Declension

First 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

  • τύφοισ φερόμενοι παλαιοτέροισ, εἶρξαν ἡμᾶσ τῆσ εἰσόδου, ἀπολειπόμενοι τῆσ ἡμετέρασ ἀλκῆσ δι’ ἣν ἔχομεν πρὸσ ἅπαντασ ἀνθρώπουσ φιλανθρωπίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 3:18)
  • ὑπὲρ ἀσπίδα κράτουσ καὶ ὑπὲρ δόρυ ἀλκῆσ κατέναντι ἐχθροῦ πολεμήσει ὑπὲρ σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 29:13)
  • ἀνὴρ γὰρ ἀλκῆσ μυρίασ στρατηλατῶν στείχει φίλοσ σοὶ σύμμαχόσ τε τῇδε γῇ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode11)
  • τοῦ θαρρεῖν πρὸσ ἀληθινῆσ ἀλκῆσ ποιοῦνται τὰσ ἀμύνασ· (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 4 2:1)
  • δὲ καὶ παρδάλεισ καὶ λεαίνασ πολλάκισ ἑώρακασ, ὡσ οὐδέν τι τὰ θήλεα τοῖσ ἄρρεσιν ὑφίεται θυμοῦ καὶ ἀλκῆσ ὥσπερ ἡ σὴ γυνή, σοῦ πολεμοῦντοσ, οἴκοι κάθηται πρὸσ ἐσχάρᾳ πυρόσ, οὐκ ἂν οὐδ’ οὖσα αἱ χελιδόνεσ ἀμυνομένη τοὺσ ἐπ’ αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν οἶκον βαδίζοντασ, καὶ ταῦτα Λάκαινα οὖσα. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 4 15:1)

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