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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

  • ὅπωσ ἂν βαφῇ ὁ πούσ σου ἐν αἵματι, ἡ γλῶσσα τῶν κυνῶν σου ἐξ ἐχθρῶν παῤ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 67:24)
  • κάμινοσ δοκιμάζει στόμωμα ἐν βαφῇ, οὕτωσ οἶνοσ καρδίασ ἐν μάχῃ ὑπερηφάνων. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 31:26)
  • οἱᾶ νῦν πολλὰ δρῶσιν οἱ μὲν εἰσ σφαγὴν ὑῶν ὠθοῦντεσ ὀβελοὺσ διαπύρουσ, ἵνα τῇ βαφῇ τοῦ σιδήρου περισβεννύμενον τὸ αἷμα καὶ διαχεόμενον τὴν σάρκα θρύψῃ καὶ μαλάξῃ· (Plutarch, De esu carnium II, section 1 6:1)
  • ἀπολειπόντων διὰ κρύοσ αὐτήν, τὸν δ’ ἔναλον ἀέρα καὶ πελάγιον θερμὸν ὄντα περιβαλλομένων εἶτ’ αὖθισ ἐν θέρει τὸν γηγενῆ καὶ χερσαῖον ὑπὸ καύματοσ ποθοῦμεν , οὐκ αὐτὸν ὄντα ψυχρὸν ἀλλὰ τοῦ φύσει ψυχροῦ καὶ πρώτωσ ἀποβλαστάνοντα καὶ βεβαμμένον ὑπὸ τῆσ ἐν γῇ δυνάμεωσ ὥσπερ βαφῇ σίδηρον. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 20 3:1)
  • μετρίωσ προσήγετο , πολλῶν καὶ καλῶν ἔργων ὡσ ἐοίκε θεατὴν γεγενημένον ἐθαύμαζε δὲ τοῦ χαλκοῦ τὸ ἀνθηρὸν ὡσ οὐ πίνῳ προσεοικὸσ οὐδ’ ἰῷ, βαφῇ δὲ κυάνου στίλβοντοσ, ὥστε καὶ παῖξαί τι πρὸσ; (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 2 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a dipping

  2. dye

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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