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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

  • ὁρᾷσ καθάπερ ἀράχνιά τινα καταβαίνοντα ἐφ’ ἕκαστον ἀπὸ τῶν ἀτράκτων; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 16:2)
  • στρατοῦ δὲ πλῆθοσ οὐδ’ ἂν ἐν ψήφου λόγῳ θέσθαι δυναίμην, ὡσ ἄπλατον ἦν ἰδεῖν, πολλοὶ μὲν ἱππῆσ, πολλὰ πελταστῶν τέλη, πολλοὶ δ’ ἀτράκτων τοξόται, πολὺσ δ’ ὄχλοσ γυμνὴσ ὁμαρτῇ, Θρῃκίαν ἔχων στολήν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 2:6)
  • ἐξ ἐρίων δὴ καὶ κλωστήρων καὶ ἀτράκτων πράγματα δεινὰ παύσειν οἰέσθ’ ὦ ἀνόητοι; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, antepirrheme16)

Synonyms

  1. spindle

  2. arrow

  3. upper part of a ship's mast

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