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ἀμέθυστος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμέθυστος ἀμεθύστου

Structure: ἀμεθυστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. (substantive) remedy for drunkenness
  2. (botany) some sort of herb
  3. (geology) amethyst

Declension

Second 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

  • καὶ πολλοὶ εἰσ τὰσ κατασκευαζομένασ ἀμεθύστουσ προσλαμβάνουσι τὸ τῆσ κράμβησ σπέρμα, καὶ ἐν ᾧ δ’ ἂν ἀμπελῶνι κράμβαι φύωνται, ἀμαυρότεροσ ὁ οἶνοσ γίνεται, διὸ καὶ Συβαρῖται, φησὶ Τίμαιοσ, πρὸ τοῦ πίνειν κράμβασ ἤσθιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 622)
  • ἡμέρασ πρῶτον ὀλίγασ ἀοργήτουσ ἔγνων οἱο͂ν ἀμεθύστουσ καὶ ἀοίνουσ διαγαγεῖν ὥσπερ νηφάλια καὶ μελίσπονδα θύων· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 16 20:2)
  • ἡμέρασ πρῶτον ὀλίγασ ἀοργήτουσ οἱο͂ν ἀμεθύστουσ καὶ ἀοίνουσ διαγαγεῖν ὥσπερ νηφάλια καὶ μελίσπονδα θύοντα· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 16 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. remedy for drunkenness

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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