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ἀμάρυγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμάρυγμα

Structure: ἀμαρυγματ (Stem)

Etym.: from a)maru/ssw

Sense

  1. a sparkle, twinkle, quivering

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀμάρυγμα ἀμαρύγματε ἀμαρύγματα
Genitive ἀμαρύγματος ἀμαρυγμάτοιν ἀμαρυγμάτων
Dative ἀμαρύγματι ἀμαρυγμάτοιν ἀμαρύγμασιν*
Accusative ἀμάρυγμα ἀμαρύγματε ἀμαρύγματα
Vocative ἀμάρυγμα ἀμαρύγματε ἀμαρύγματα

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

  • τοῖοσ Ἑλλάνων δι’ ἀπείρονα κύκλον φαῖνε θαυμαστὸν δέμασ, δισκὸν τροχοειδέα ῥίπτων, καὶ μελαμφύλλου κλάδον ἀκτέασ ἐσ αἰπεινὰν προπέμπων αἰθέρ’ ἐκ χειρὸσ βοὰν ὤτρυνε λαῶν, ἢ τελευταίασ ἀμάρυγμα πάλασ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 4:2)
  • οὐδέ τι τῶν πυρσῶν παραμύθιον, οὐκ ἀμάρυγμα χείλεοσ, οὐκ ὄσσων λιπαρὸν σέλασ, οὐ ῥοδόμαλον, οὐ λόγοσ, οὐχὶ φίλαμα, τὸ κουφίζει τὸν ἔρωτα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 4)
  • ἔνθεν Ιοὐλιανή, ζαθέων ἀμάρυγμα τοκήων, τέτρατον ἐκ κείνων βασιλήιον αἷμα λαχοῦσα, ἐλπίδασ οὐκ ἔψευσεν ἀριστώδινοσ ἀνάσσησ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 10 1:1)
  • ἔσκυλται δὲ κόμη, ῥοδέησ δ’ ἀμάρυγμα παρειῆσ ὦχροσ ἔχει λευκόσ, καὶ δέμασ ἐκλέλυται. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2592)

Synonyms

  1. a sparkle

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

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