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ἄνθραξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνθραξ ἄνθρακος

Structure: ἀνθρακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. charcoal
  2. a deep red precious stone, a carbuncle
  3. an abscess, a boil, a carbuncle

Declension

Third 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

  • τὸ δὲ χρυσίον τῆσ γῆσ ἐκείνησ καλόν. καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθραξ καὶ ὁ λίθοσ ὁ πράσινοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:12)
  • καὶ ὁ στίχοσ ὁ δεύτεροσ, ἄνθραξ καὶ σάπφειροσ καὶ ἴασπισ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 28:18)
  • καὶ ὁ στίχοσ ὁ δεύτεροσ, ἄνθραξ καὶ σάπφειροσ καὶ ἴασπισ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 36:18)
  • "ὥσ που καὶ Ὅμηροσ εἴρηκεν αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πυρὸσ ἄνθοσ ἀπέπτατο, παύσατο δὲ φλὸξ ἀνθρακιὴν στορέσασα ὁ γὰρ ἄνθραξ ἐοίκεν οὐ πῦρ ἀλλὰ σῶμα πεπυρωμένον εἶναι καὶ πεπονθὸσ ὑπὸ πυρόσ, στερεῷ καὶ ῥίζαν ἔχοντι προσμένοντοσ ὄγκῳ καὶ προσδιατρίβοντοσ· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 21 5:6)
  • τοιγὰρ μάτην φρονῶν, ὅτ’ ἦν ἅπασ ὁ λέμφοσ ἄνθραξ, τὴν χεῖρα τείνασ ὧδέ πωσ, Χαῖρ’, εἶπε, χαῖρε, Πλουτεῦ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. z'. BIWN 12:3)

Synonyms

  1. charcoal

  2. a deep red precious stone

  3. an abscess

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