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βάσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βάσις βάσεως

Structure: βασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: bai/nw

Sense

  1. step
  2. rhythm
  3. foot
  4. foundation, base
  5. (geometry) one of the three sides of a triangle
  6. fixedness

Declension

Third 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

  • υἱοὶ Ἀζώ, υἱοὶ Φασή, υἱοὶ Βασί, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 2:49)
  • πολλὴ μὲν αἰδὼσ καὶ μετάνοια τὸν Πτολεμαῖον εἶχεν ἀνδρὸσ ἀμελήσαντα τοιούτου καὶ προέμενον τῷ Ἀντιγόνῳ, δόξαν ἅμα κεκτημένῳ τηλικαύτην καὶ δύναμιν, ἀναλαμβάνων δὲ τιμαῖσ καὶ φιλοφροσύναισ τὸν Κλεομένη παρεθάρρυνεν ὡσ μετὰ νεῶν καὶ χρημάτων ἀποστελῶν αὑτὸν εἰσ τὴν Ἑλλάδα καὶ καταστήσων εἰσ τὴν βασι λείαν. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 32 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. step

  2. rhythm

  3. foot

  4. foundation

  5. one of the three sides of a triangle

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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