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ἄσκωμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσκωμα

Structure: ἀσκωματ (Stem)

Etym.: a)sko/s

Sense

  1. the leather padding of

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

  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ πολέμοισ ἐκ τοῦ πόρου μικρὸν πρὸ τῆσ πόλεωσ ὑδρεύονται πηγὴν ἔχοντοσ ἀφθόνου ὕδατοσ, εἰσ ἣν περικαταστρέφεται κλίβανοσ καθεθεὶσ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑδρευομένου σκάφουσ, μολιβοῦσ, εὐρύστομοσ, εἰσ πυθμένα συνηγμένοσ στενὸν ἔχοντα τρῆμα μέτριον, τῷ δὲ πυθμένι περιέσφιγκται σωλὴν σκύτινοσ, εἴτε ἄσκωμα δεῖ λέγειν, ὁ δεχόμενοσ τὸ ἀναθλιβόμενον ἐκ τῆσ πηγῆσ διὰ τοῦ κλιβάνου ὕδωρ. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 26:6)

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

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