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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 λαβὼν ταῦτα δίελθε, κὰν δοκῇ σοι μηδὲν εἶναι φαυλότερα τῶν ἀμεθύστων καλουμένων, ἅ τινεσ ἐν τοῖσ πότοισ περιάπτονται καὶ προλαμβάνουσι, μεταδίδου τῷ Κλεάνδρῳ καὶ προκαταλάμβανε τὴν φύσιν αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸ μηδαμοῦ νωθρὸν ἀλλὰ πανταχοῦ σφοδρὸν καὶ δεδορκὸσ εὐαγωγοτέραν ὑπὸ τῶν τοιούτων οὖσαν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 1 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. remedy for drunkenness

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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