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ἀνθολογία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνθολογία ἀνθολογίᾱς

Structure: ἀνθολογι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: anqos + logos

Sense

  1. The act of gathering flowers.
  2. (figuratively) a collection of poems; anthology

Declension

First 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

  • οἱ δὲ ἐπαινοῦσι καὶ γνωρίζουσιν ἕκαστον τὸ ἄνθοσ ὅθεν καὶ παρ’ ὅτου καὶ ὅπωσ ἀνελεξάμην, καὶ λόγῳ μὲν ἐμὲ ζηλοῦσι τῆσ ἀνθολογίασ, τὸ δ’ ἀληθὲσ ὑμᾶσ καὶ τὸν λειμῶνα τὸν ὑμέτερον, οἳ τοιαῦτα ἐξηνθήκατε ποικίλα καὶ πολυειδῆ τὰσ βαφάσ, εἴ τισ ἀναλέξασθαί τε αὐτὰ ἐπίσταιτο καὶ ἀναπλέξαι καὶ ἁρμόσαι, ὡσ μὴ ἀπᾴδειν θάτερον θατέρου. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 6:3)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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