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ἀλοιφή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλοιφή ἀλοιφῆς

Structure: ἀλοιφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)lei/fw

Sense

  1. grease
  2. unguent

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀλοιφή ἀλοιφᾱ́ ἀλοιφαί
Genitive ἀλοιφῆς ἀλοιφαῖν ἀλοιφῶν
Dative ἀλοιφῇ ἀλοιφαῖν ἀλοιφαῖς
Accusative ἀλοιφήν ἀλοιφᾱ́ ἀλοιφᾱ́ς
Vocative ἀλοιφή ἀλοιφᾱ́ ἀλοιφαί

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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἁπάσασ αὐτὸν ἐξαγαγεῖν τὰσ λαχούσασ τότε παρθένουσ, ἀλλὰ τῶν συνήθων νεανίσκων δύο θηλυφανεῖσ μὲν ὀφθῆναι καὶ νεαρούσ, ἀνδρώδεισ δὲ τὰσ ψυχὰσ καὶ προθύμουσ, λουτροῖσ τε θερμοῖσ καὶ σκιατραφίαισ καὶ ταῖσ περὶ κόμην καὶ λειότητα καὶ χροιὰν ἀλοιφαῖσ καὶ κοσμήσεσιν ὡσ ἔστιν ἐξαλλάξαντα κομιδῇ, καὶ διδάξαντα φωνὴν καὶ σχῆμὰ καὶ βάδισιν ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα παρθένοισ ὁμοιοῦσθαι καὶ μηδὲν φαίνεσθαι διαφέροντασ, ἐμβαλεῖν εἰσ τὸν τῶν παρθένων ἀριθμὸν καὶ διαλαθεῖν ἅπαντασ· (Plutarch, chapter 23 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. unguent

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