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ἀνθρακιά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνθρακιά̄ ἀνθρακιᾶς

Structure: ἀνθρακι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: a)/nqrac

Sense

  1. a pile of charcoal
  2. a charcoal fire

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

  • δοιὰ βοῶν θερμὰ πρὸσ ἀνθρακιὰν στέψεν, πυρὶ δ’ ἐκκαπύοντα σώματα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10 2:2)
  • ἱστήκεισαν δὲ οἱ δοῦλοι καὶ οἱ ὑπηρέται ἀνθρακιὰν πεποιηκότεσ, ὅτι ψύχοσ ἦν, καὶ ἐθερμαίνοντο· (, chapter 6 584:2)
  • Ὡσ οὖν ἀπέβησαν εἰσ τὴν γῆν βλέπουσιν ἀνθρακιὰν κειμένην καὶ ὀψάριον ἐπικείμενον καὶ ἄρτον. (, chapter 6 703:1)
  • γυμνοῖσ γὰρ ποσὶ διεξίασιν ἀνθρακιὰν καὶ σποδιὰν μεγάλην οἱ κατεχόμενοι ὑπὸ τῆσ δαίμονοσ ταύτησ ἀπαθεῖσ, καὶ συνέρχεται πλῆθοσ ἀνθρώπων ἅμα τῆσ τε πανηγύρεωσ χάριν, ἣ συντελεῖται κατ’ ἔτοσ, καὶ τῆσ λεχθείσησ θέασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 2 18:7)

Synonyms

  1. a pile of charcoal

  2. a charcoal fire

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