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ἄσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσις

Structure: ἀσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. slime, mud

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

  • ξυνὸν ὁπηνίκα θαῦμα κατείδομεν Ἀσὶσ ἅπασα, πῶλον ἐπ’ ἀνδρομέαν σάρκα φριμασσόμενον, Θρηικίησ φάτνησ πολιὸσ λόγοσ εἰσ ἐμὸν ὄμμα ἤλυθε δίζημαι δεύτερον Ἡρακλέα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2811)
  • μέγα δ’ ἔστενεν Ἀσὶσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν πληγεῖσ1’ ἀμφοτέραισ χερσὶ κράτει πολέμου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 296 1:2)
  • οἵδε γὰρ ἐν Κύπρῳ Μήδουσ πολλοὺσ ὀλέσαντεσ Φοινίκων ἑκατὸν ναῦσ ἕλον ἐν πελάγει ἀνδρῶν πληθούσασ, μέγα δ’ ἔστενεν Ἀσὶσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν πληγεῖσ’ ἀμφοτέραισ χερσὶ κράτει πολέμου. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 62 3:2)
  • οἵδε γὰρ ἐν γαίῃ Μήδων πολλοὺσ ὀλέσαντεσ Φοινίκων ἑκατὸν ναῦσ ἕλον ἐν πελάγει ἀνδρῶν πληθούσασ, μέγα δ’ ἔστενεν Ἀσὶσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν πληγεῖσ’ ἀμφοτέραισ χερσὶ κράτει πολέμου. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 41:6)
  • οἵδε γὰρ ἐν γαίῃ Μήδων πολλοὺσ ὀλέσαντεσ Φοινίκων ἑκατὸν ναῦσ ἕλον ἐν πελάγει ἀνδρῶν πληθούσασ, μέγα δ’ ἔστενεν Ἀσὶσ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν πληγεῖσ’ ἀμφοτέραισ χερσὶ κράτει πολέμου. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 16:5)

Synonyms

  1. slime

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

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