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ἄλκη?

First declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration: alkē

Principal Part: ἄλκη ἄλκης

Structure: ἀλκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ἄλαλκε

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

  • ἔστι δὲ ἄλκη καλούμενον θηρίον, εἶδος μὲν ἐλάφου καὶ καμήλου μεταξύ, γίνεται δὲ ἐν τῇ Κελτῶν γῇ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 21 5:1)
  • πολλοὺς δὲ καὶ ἄλλους τῶν ἡρώων εἰπεῖν ἔχων τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐγγεγυμνασμένους καὶ τέχνην τὸ πρᾶγμα πεποιημένους, ἱκανὸν ἡγοῦμαι τὸν Νεοπτόλεμον, Ἀχιλλέως μὲν παῖδα ὄντα, πάνυ δὲ διαπρέψαντα ἐν τῇ ὀρχηστικῇ καὶ εἶδος τὸ κάλλιστον αὐτῇ προστεθεικότα, Πυρρίχιον ἀπ αὐτοῦ κεκλημένον καὶ ὁ Ἀχιλλεύς, ταῦτα ὑπὲρ τοῦ παιδὸς πυνθανόμενος, μᾶλλον ἔχαιρεν, οἶμαι, ἢ ἐπὶ τῷ κάλλει καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ ἀλκῇ αὐτοῦ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 9:1)
  • κακοῦ δ οὐκ ἔσσεται ἀλκή. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 22:18)
  • κακοῦ δ οὐ γίγνεται ἀλκὴ ἀνδράσιν, οἳ κείνῃσι συνάντωνται κατὰ πόντον: (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 80:6)
  • καὶ οὔτε αὐτὸς ὁ Γλαῦκος ἠγανάκτησεν τοῖς ἐφόροις τῶν ἀθλητῶν θεοῖς ἀντεπαινούμενος, οὔτε ἐκεῖνοι ἠμύναντο ἢ τὸν Γλαῦκον ἢ τὸν ποιητὴν ὡς ἀσεβοῦντα περὶ τὸν ἔπαινον, ἀλλὰ εὐδοκίμουν ἄμφω καὶ ἐτιμῶντο ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλλήνων, ὁ μὲν ἐπὶ τῇ ἀλκῇ, ὁ Γλαῦκος, ὁ δὲ ποιητὴς ἐπί τε τοῖς ἄλλοις καὶ ἐπ αὐτῷ τούτῳ μάλιστα τῷ ᾄσματι. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 19:14)
  • ἀλλ ἐγγὺς ἀλκή: (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode9)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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