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ἄμυγμα?

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: amygma

Principal Part: ἄμυγμα

Structure: ἀμυγματ (Stem)

Etym.: ἀμύσσω

Sense

  1. a scratching, tearing

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἄμυγμα ἀμύγματε ἀμύγματα
Genitive ἀμύγματος ἀμυγμάτοιν ἀμυγμάτων
Dative ἀμύγματι ἀμυγμάτοιν ἀμύγμασι(ν)
Accusative ἄμυγμα ἀμύγματε ἀμύγματα
Vocative ἄμυγμα ἀμύγματε ἀμύγματα

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

  • ἦ που παλαιᾷ μὲν σύντροφος ἁμέρᾳ, λευκῷ δὲ γήρᾳ μάτηρ νιν ὅταν νοσοῦντα φρενομόρως ἀκούσῃ, αἴλινον αἴλινον οὐδ οἰκτρᾶς γόον ὄρνιθος ἀηδοῦς ἥσει δύσμορος, ἀλλ ὀξυτόνους μὲν ᾠδὰς θρηνήσει, χερόπλακτοι δ ἐν στέρνοισι πεσοῦνται δοῦποι καὶ πολιᾶς ἄμυγμα χαίτας. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, strophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. a scratching

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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