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βελοσφενδόνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: βελοσφενδόνη

Structure: βελοσφενδον (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a dart wrapped with pitch and tow, and thrown while on fire

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative βελοσφενδόνη βελοσφενδόνᾱ βελοσφενδόναι
Genitive βελοσφενδόνης βελοσφενδόναιν βελοσφενδονῶν
Dative βελοσφενδόνῃ βελοσφενδόναιν βελοσφενδόναις
Accusative βελοσφενδόνην βελοσφενδόνᾱ βελοσφενδόνᾱς
Vocative βελοσφενδόνη βελοσφενδόνᾱ βελοσφενδόναι

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

  • τούτουσ μὲν οὖν διὰ βάθοσ καί πυκνότητα βραδέωσ ἐξωθουμένουσ ὑπὸ τῶν ὁπλιτῶν καί παρὰ φύσιν μένειν τολμῶντασ αἵ τε βελοσφενδόναι καί οἱ γρόσφοι, χρωμένων ἀφειδῶσ τῶν κατόπιν Ῥωμαίων, ἀπέστρεφον καὶ συνετάραττον. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 18 6:1)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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