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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

  • παῖδα δ’ ἔμμεν πρώθηβον, ἀρηί̈ων δ’ ἀθυρμάτων μεμνᾶσθαι πολέμου τε καὶ χαλκεοκτύπου μάχασ· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 18 4:5)
  • Ἱστορεῖ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Ἀντώνιον ἐν Ἀθήναισ μετὰ ταῦτα διατρίψαντα περίοπτον ὑπὲρ τὸ θέατρον κατασκευάσαντα σχεδίαν χλωρᾷ πεπυκασμένην ὕλῃ, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν Βακχικῶν ἄντρων γίνεται, ταύτησ τύμπανα καὶ νεβρίδασ καὶ παντοδαπὰ ἄλλ’ ἀθύρματα Διονυσιακὰ ἐξαρτήσαντα μετὰ τῶν φίλων ἐξ ἑωθινοῦ κατακλινόμενον μεθύσκεσθαι, λειτουργούντων αὐτῷ τῶν ἐξ Ἰταλίασ μεταπεμφθέντων ἀκροαμάτων συνηθροισμένων ἐπὶ τὴν θέαν τῶν Πανελλήνων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 29 2:1)
  • 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)
  • σὺν δ’ ἀλαθείᾳ βροτῶν κάλλιστον, εἴπ[ερ καὶ θάνῃ τισ, λείπεται Μουσᾶν [ ἄθυ]ρμα. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 10:2)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ τεῦξε, φέρων, ἐρατεινὸν ἄθυρμα, πλήκτρῳ ἐπειρήτιζε κατὰ μέροσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 5:7)

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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