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ἀστράβη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστράβη

Structure: ἀστραβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. a mule's saddle, an easy padded saddle

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

  • "ἐγὼ δὲ περιελθὼν τὰ ἀρώματα σκόροδά τε εὑρ͂ον ἐν αὐτοῖσ πεφυκότα καὶ γηπαττάλουσ τινὰσ ἀνορύξασ καὶ τῶν σκανδίκων καὶ βρακάνων λαχανευσάμενοσ, ἔτι δὲ κάχρυσ πριάμενοσ ‐ οὔπω δ’ οἱ λειμῶνεσ ἀνθοσμίαι ἦσαν, ὡσ αὐτοποδητὶ βαδίζειν ‐ ἀνατεθεὶσ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀστράβην ἐδάρην τὸν ὄρρον καὶ νῦν βαδίζω τε ὀδυνηρῶσ καὶ ἰδίω θαμὰ καὶ μαλακιῶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ δέομαι διανεῦσαι ἐν τῷ ὕδατι ἐπὶ πλεῖστον· (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 2:11)
  • σοφὸν ὁ βοῦσ, ἔφασκε δ’ ἀστράβην ἰδὼν οὐ προσήκειν αὐτῷ τὸ σκεῦοσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , <*/b Ia)mbika/>51)
  • Σοφῶσ ὁ βοῦσ ἔφασκεν ἀστράβην ἰδών· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , <*/b Ia)mbika/>52)

Similar forms

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

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