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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

  • σὺ δὲ ὁ πᾶσαν ἀλκὴν καὶ δυναστείαν ἔχων ἅπασαν, αἰώνιε, νῦν ἔπιδε. ἐλέησον ἡμᾶσ τοὺσ καθ̓ ὕβριν ἀνόμων ἀλόγιστον ἐκ τοῦ ζῆν μεθιστανομένουσ ἐν ἐπιβούλων τρόπῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 6:12)
  • λοχῶντά τε γὰρ ἐπιτηρεῖ καὶ ἀντίον αὐτῷ ὁρᾷ ἐκκλίνουσα τὴν ὁρμήν, ὡσ μὴ ἁλίσκοιτο σαγηνευθεῖσα καὶ περιπεσοῦσα ταῖσ τοῦ θηρίου πλεκτάναισ, τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἀνδρίαν καὶ τὴν ἀλκὴν αὐτῆσ οὐχ ἡμᾶσ χρὴ λέγειν, ἀλλ’ ὃσ μεγαλοφωνότατοσ τῶν ποιητῶν Ὅμηροσ· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 5:2)
  • τὸν γὰρ ἄριστον τῶν ἡρώων ἐπαινέσαι ζητῶν οὐ λέοντι ἢ παρδάλει ἢ ὑῒ τὴν ἀλκὴν αὐτοῦ εἰκάζει, ἀλλὰ τῷ θάρσει τῆσ μυίασ καὶ τῷ ἀτρέστῳ καὶ λιπαρεῖ τῆσ ἐπιχειρήσεωσ· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 5:3)
  • τοὺσ δὲ πατέρασ αὐτῶν, οὐδέν τι χείρουσ ἐκείνων ἐσ ἀλκήν γενομένουσ, διαφθαρῆναι ἐν Θήβαισ, ὅτι μὴ ἐπείθοντο τοῖσ σημαινομένοισ ὑπὸ θεῶν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 36 2:2)
  • ἴδε χρυσόδετον σώματοσ ἀλκήν, κλύε καὶ κόμπουσ κωδωνοκρότουσ παρὰ πορπάκων κελαδοῦντασ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, anapests3)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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