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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

  • τὰ πάθη φύσεισ οὐ γὰρ ὀρθότητι δοξῶν οὐδὲ φαυλότητι δήπου τοῖσ μὲν ἀλκαὶ καὶ ὁρμαὶ πρὸσ τὰ φαινόμενα δεινὰ παρίστανται, τοῖσ δ’ ἀμήχανοι πτοῖαι καὶ φόβοι τῆσ ψυχῆσ· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 11 7:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ὀρθότητι δοξῶν οὐδὲ φαυλότητι δήπου τοῖσ μὲν ἀλκαὶ καὶ ὁρμαὶ πρὸσ τὰ φαινόμενα δεινὰ παρίστανται, τοῖσ δ’ ἀμήχανοι πτοῖαι καὶ φόβοι τῆσ ψυχῆσ· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 11 3:1)
  • ταὶ μεγάλαι γὰρ ἀλκαὶ σκότον πολὺν ὕμνων ἔχοντι δεόμεναι· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 7 3:4)
  • ἄλκαι μὲν γὰρ κέρατα ἐπὶ ταῖσ ὀφρύσιν ἔχουσιν οἱ ἄρρενεσ, τὸ δὲ θῆλυ οὐ φύει τὸ παράπαν· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 12 2:2)

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