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βύρσα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: βύρσα βύρσης

Structure: βυρς (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. the skin stripped off a hide
  2. the skin of a live animal

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

  • ἡ βύρσα σου θρανεύσεται. (Aristotle, Agon, pnigos3)
  • ἐξωθούμενοι δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν Λιβύων ἐδέοντο χωρίον ἐσ συνοικισμὸν λαβεῖν, ὅσον ἂν βύρσα ταύρου περιλάβοι. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 1 1:3)
  • καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦδε Βύρσα ὀνομάζεται. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 1 1:7)
  • ἁπλῷ τείχει περίκρημνα ὄντα, τὰ δὲ πρὸσ μεσημβρίαν ἐσ ἤπειρον, ἔνθα καὶ ἡ Βύρσα ἦν ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐχένοσ, τριπλῷ τείχει. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 14 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. the skin stripped off a hide

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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