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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

  • καίτοι τί ἂν ἐποίησασ, εἴ σοι ἡ τῆσ Ἀργοῦσ τρόπισ ἐλάλησεν ὥσπερ ποτέ, ἢ ἡ φηγὸσ ἐν Δωδώνῃ αὐτόφωνοσ ἐμαντεύσατο, ἢ εἰ βύρσασ εἶδεσ ἑρπούσασ καὶ βοῶν κρέα μυκώμενα ἡμίοπτα ^ περιπεπαρμένα τοῖσ ὀβελοῖσ; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 2:8)
  • γεγεμισμένησ γὰρ ἤδη τῆσ νεώσ, ὡσ ἀκούομεν, μᾶλλον τοῦ δέοντοσ, προσανέλαβεν ἐπὶ τὸ κατάστρωμα χιλίασ βύρσασ, ὅθεν καὶ ἡ διαφθορὰ τῇ νηὶ συνέβη. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 16:1)
  • ἔλεγε γὰρ ἑαυτὸν εἶναι Δία, καὶ τὰσ ἐκείνου θυσίασ ἀφελόμενοσ ἑαυτῷ προσέτασσε θύειν, καὶ βύρσασ μὲν ἐξηραμμένασ ἐξ ἁρ́ματοσ μετὰ λεβήτων χαλκῶν σύρων ἔλεγε βροντᾶν, βάλλων δὲ εἰσ οὐρανὸν αἰθομένασ λαμπάδασ ἔλεγεν ἀστράπτειν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 7:3)
  • Ἑρμῆσ γὰρ αὐτῆσ ἐρασθείσ, ὡσ φεύγουσαν αὐτὴν καταλαβεῖν οὐκ ἠδύνατο περιῆν γὰρ αὐτοῦ τῷ τάχει τῶν ποδῶν, κατὰ τῆσ ὁδοῦ βύρσασ ὑπέστρωσε νεοδάρτουσ, ἐφ’ αἷσ ὀλισθοῦσα, ἡνίκα ἀπὸ τῆσ κρήνησ ἐπανῄει, φθείρεται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 2 1:6)
  • ἵνα δὲ μὴ φωραθείη ὑπὸ τῶν ἰχνῶν, ὑποδήματα τοῖσ ποσὶ περιέθηκε, καὶ κομίσασ εἰσ Πύλον τὰσ μὲν λοιπὰσ εἰσ σπήλαιον ἀπέκρυψε, δύο δὲ καταθύσασ τὰσ μὲν βύρσασ πέτραισ καθήλωσε, τῶν δὲ κρεῶν τὰ μὲν κατηνάλωσεν ἑψήσασ τὰ δὲ κατέκαυσε· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 10 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. the skin stripped off a hide

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