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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

  • 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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