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ἀλωή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλωή

Structure: ἀλω (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)le/w: epic for a(/lws.

Sense

  1. a threshing-floor
  2. a garden, orchard, vineyard

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀλωή ἀλωᾱ́ ἀλωαί
Genitive ἀλωῆς ἀλωαῖν ἀλωῶν
Dative ἀλωῇ ἀλωαῖν ἀλωαῖς
Accusative ἀλωήν ἀλωᾱ́ ἀλωᾱ́ς
Vocative ἀλωή ἀλωᾱ́ ἀλωαί

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

  • οὐκ ἄρ’ ἀλωὰσ αὑτὸσ ἐπιπνείει κεἰσ ὀθόνασ ἄνεμοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5324)
  • ὡσ δ’ ἄνεμοσ ἄχνασ φορέει ἱερὰσ κατ’ ἀλωάσ, ὡσ δ’ ἀναμαιμάει βαθέ’ ἄγκεα θεσπιδαὲσ πῦρ, πάντῃ δ’ εἰλυφόων ἄνεμοσ φέρει, οἱ δέ τε θάμνοι πρόρριζοι πίπτουσιν ἐπειγόμενοι πυρὸσ ὁρμῇ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 110:3)
  • ὡσ δ’ ἄνεμοσ ἄχνασ φορέει ἱερὰσ κατ’ ἀλωὰσ ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων, ὅτε τε ξανθὴ Δημήτηρ κρίνῃ ἐπειγομένων ἀνέμων καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνασ, αἳ δ’ ὑπολευκαίνονται ἀχυρμιαί· (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 53:5)

Synonyms

  1. a threshing-floor

  2. a garden

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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