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βάρβιτον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: βάρβιτον βαρβίτου

Structure: βαρβιτ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. inflection of βάρβιτος ‎(bárbitos):, masculine accusative singular
  2. neuter nominative singular
  3. neuter accusative singular
  4. neuter vocative singular

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

  • ἡ λύρα δὲ ἄλλωσ κτῆμα ἦν, οὐδὲν ἄμεινον τῶν ἄλλων βαρβίτων. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 12:4)
  • ἢ καὶ γένοσ τι πέφηνεν ἀνθρώπων ταῖσ ῥισὶν εὔμουσον, ὥσπερ τοὺσ κύκνουσ φασὶ τοῖσ πτεροῖσ, ἔπειτα τῶν λιγυφώνων τρόπον ὀρνέων τέρπουσιν ἀλλήλουσ ἔν τε ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ καὶ παρὰ τὰ ξυμπόσια, μηδὲν δεόμενοι λύρασ μηδὲ αὐλῶν ‐ ἀρχαῖα δὴ ταῦτα καὶ σκληρᾶσ ἔτι καὶ ἀγροίκου τινὸσ μουσικῆσ ὄργανα ‐ νῦν δὲ τρόποσ ἄλλοσ ἀνθεῖ, βαρβίτων κρείττων καὶ προσηνέστεροσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 55:1)

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