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ἄτρακτος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτρακτος ἀτράκτου

Structure: ἀτρακτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. spindle
  2. arrow
  3. upper part of a ship's mast
  4. spindle-shaped cautery

Declension

Second 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

  • "ἀλλά μοι δοκεῖ Πλάτων ὡσ ἀτράκτουσ καὶ ἠλακάτασ τοὺσ ἄξονασ, σφονδύλουσ δὲ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ, ἐξηλλαγμένωσ ἐνταῦθα καὶ τὰσ Μούσασ Σειρῆνασ ὀνομάζειν εἰρούσασ τὰ θεῖα καὶ λεγούσασ ἐν Αἵδου, καθάπερ Σοφοκλέουσ Ὀδυσσεὺσ φησι Σειρῆνασ εἰσαφικέσθαι Φόρκου κόρασ, θροοῦντε τοὺσ Αἵδου νόμουσ" Μοῦσαι δ’ εἰσὶν ὀκτὼ καὶ συμπεριπολοῦσι ταῖσ ὀκτὼ σφαίραισ, μία δὲ τὸν περὶ γῆν εἴληχε τόπον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 11:9)
  • μετὰ τοῦτο δὴ τὰσ μὲν περί τε ἀτράκτουσ καὶ κερκίδασ καὶ ὁπόσα ἄλλα ὄργανα τῆσ περὶ τὰ ἀμφιέσματα γενέσεωσ κοινωνεῖ, πάσασ συναιτίουσ εἴπωμεν, τὰσ δὲ αὐτὰ θεραπευούσασ καὶ δημιουργούσασ αἰτίασ; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 149:3)

Synonyms

  1. spindle

  2. arrow

  3. upper part of a ship's mast

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