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ἄθυρμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄθυρμα

Structure: ἀθυρματ (Stem)

Etym.: a)qu/rw

Sense

  1. a plaything, toy: a delight, joy

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

  • ἣ δ’ ἄρα θαμβήσασ’ ὠρέξατο χερσὶν ἅμ’ ἄμφω καλὸν ἄθυρμα λαβεῖν· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:5)
  • πόθεν τόδε καλὸν ἄθυρμα αἰόλον ὄστρακον ἕσσο χέλυσ ὄρεσι ζώουσα; (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 4:4)
  • καὶ χερσὶν ἅμ’ ἀμφοτέρῃσιν ἀείρασ ἂψ εἴσω κίε δῶμα φέρων ἐρατεινὸν ἄθυρμα. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 5:2)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ τεῦξε, φέρων, ἐρατεινὸν ἄθυρμα, πλήκτρῳ ἐπειρήτιζε κατὰ μέροσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 5:7)
  • μάκαρ δὲ καὶ νῦν, κλεεννᾶσ ὅτι εὖχοσ ἤδη παρὰ Πυθιάδοσ ἵπποισ ἑλὼν δέδεξαι τόνδε κῶμον ἀνέρων, Ἀπολλώνιον ἄθυρμα. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 5 4:1)
  • σὺν δ’ ἀλαθείᾳ βροτῶν κάλλιστον, εἴπ[ερ καὶ θάνῃ τισ, λείπεται Μουσᾶν [ ἄθυ]ρμα. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. a plaything

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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