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βαφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαφή βαφῆς

Structure: βαφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ba/ptw

Sense

  1. a dipping
  2. the temper of a blade
  3. dye

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

  • ὁ δὲ ταὼσ ἦροσ ἀρχομένου πρὸσ λειμῶνὰ τινα ἐλθών, ὁπότε καὶ τὰ ἄνθη πρόεισιν οὐ ποθεινότερα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡσ ἂν εἴποι τισ ἀνθηρότερα καὶ τὰσ βαφὰσ καθαρώτερα, τότε καὶ οὗτοσ ἐκπετάσασ τὰ πτερὰ καὶ ἀναδείξασ τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ τὴν οὐρὰν ἐπάρασ καὶ πάντοθεν αὑτῷ περιστήσασ ἐπιδείκνυται τὰ ἄνθη τὰ αὑτοῦ καὶ τὸ ἐάρ τῶν πτερῶν ὥσπερ αὐτὸν προκαλοῦντοσ τοῦ λειμῶνοσ ἐσ τὴν ἅμιλλαν· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 11:1)
  • οἱ δὲ ἐπαινοῦσι καὶ γνωρίζουσιν ἕκαστον τὸ ἄνθοσ ὅθεν καὶ παρ’ ὅτου καὶ ὅπωσ ἀνελεξάμην, καὶ λόγῳ μὲν ἐμὲ ζηλοῦσι τῆσ ἀνθολογίασ, τὸ δ’ ἀληθὲσ ὑμᾶσ καὶ τὸν λειμῶνα τὸν ὑμέτερον, οἳ τοιαῦτα ἐξηνθήκατε ποικίλα καὶ πολυειδῆ τὰσ βαφάσ, εἴ τισ ἀναλέξασθαί τε αὐτὰ ἐπίσταιτο καὶ ἀναπλέξαι καὶ ἁρμόσαι, ὡσ μὴ ἀπᾴδειν θάτερον θατέρου. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 6:3)
  • καὶ περὶ μύρου μὲν ἐνίουσ καὶ πορφύρασ διαμάχεσθαι ταῖσ γυναιξί, κουρὰσ δὲ συγχωρεῖν πενθίμουσ καὶ βαφὰσ ἐσθῆτοσ μελαίνασ καὶ καθίσεισ ἀμόρφουσ καὶ κατακλίσεισ ἐπιπόνουσ; (Plutarch, Consolatio ad uxorem, section 4 7:1)
  • "χρυσὸν δὲ καὶ χαλκὸν καὶ ἐλέφαντα καὶ ξύλα καὶ βαφάσ, ἐκμαγεῖα μικρὰ καὶ ὠνητὰ καὶ κλεπτόμενα καὶ συγχεόμενα, καταβάλωμεν. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 2 5:5)
  • ἐλαίοισ, ἃ πρὸσ τὰσ βαφὰσ οἱ μυρεψοὶ λαμβάνουσιν; (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 6 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. a dipping

  2. dye

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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