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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

  • σάκκον ἔρραψαν ἐπὶ βύρσησ μου, τὸ δὲ σθένοσ μου ἐν γῇ ἐσβέσθη. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 16:15)
  • οἶνοσ δὲ ἦν οὐ γέρων, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἀπὸ βύρσησ, ἤδη μὲν ἀγλευκήσ, ἄπεπτοσ δὲ ἔτι. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 6:7)
  • τάσδε δ’ ἃσ ἄγων πάρει κακῶν συνεργοὺσ ἢ διεμπολήσομεν ἢ χεῖρα δούπου τοῦδε καὶ βύρσησ κτύπου παύσασ, ἐφ’ ἱστοῖσ δμωίδασ κεκτήσομαι. (Euripides, episode 3:46)
  • οὐκ ἐσ κόρακασ ἀποφθερεῖ βύρσησ κάκιστον ὄζων; (Aristotle, Agon, antepirrheme 1:7)
  • ὄζει κάκιστον τοὐνύπνιον βύρσησ σαπρᾶσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 1:31)

Synonyms

  1. the skin stripped off a hide

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