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βδελλα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: βδελλα βδέλλας

Structure: βδελλ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: from bda/llw

Sense

  1. leech, lamprey

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

  • τὰ γὰρ εἰσ λα λήγοντα θηλυκὰ πρὸ τοῦ λ ἕτερον λ ἔχει, Σκύλλα, σκίλλα, κόλλα, βδέλλα, ἅμιλλα, ἄμαλλα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 71 1:1)
  • αἰαῖ Ἔρωσ ἀνιηρέ, τί μευ μέλαν ἐκ χροὸσ αἷμα ἐμφὺσ ὡσ λιμνᾶτισ ἅπαν ἐκ βδέλλα πέπωκασ; (Theocritus, Idylls, 45)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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