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βύρσα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: βύρσα βύρσης

Structure: βυρς (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

the skin stripped off a hide
the skin of a live animal

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	βύρσα	βύρσᾱ	βύρσαι
Genitive	βύρσης	βύρσαιν	βυρσῶν
Dative	βύρσῃ	βύρσαιν	βύρσαις
Accusative	βύρσαν	βύρσᾱ	βύρσᾱς
Vocative	βύρσα	βύρσᾱ	βύρσαι

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

Ἀτάρ, ὦ Σάμιππε, νῦν ἀνεμνήσθην, ὁπόθεν ἡμῶν ἀπελείφθη Ἀδείμαντοσ, ὅτε παρὰ τὸν ἱστὸν ἐπὶ πολὺ ἔστημεν ἀναβλέποντεσ, ἀριθμοῦντεσ τῶν βυρσῶν τὰσ ἐπιβολὰσ καὶ θαυμάζοντεσ ἀνιόντα τὸν ναύτην διὰ τῶν κάλων, εἶτα ἐπὶ τῆσ κεραίασ ἄνω ἀσφαλῶσ διαθέοντα τῶν κεροιάκων ἐπειλημμένον. (Lucian, 8:1)
τοιαῦτ’ ἀφελὼν κακὰ καὶ φόρτον καὶ βωμολοχεύματ’ ἀγεννῆ ἐποίησε τέχνην μεγάλην ἡμῖν κἀπύργωσ’ οἰκοδομήσασ ἔπεσιν μεγάλοισ καὶ διανοίαισ καὶ σκώμμασιν οὐκ ἀγοραίοισ, οὐκ ἰδιώτασ ἀνθρωπίσκουσ κωμῳδῶν οὐδὲ γυναῖκασ, ἀλλ’ Ἡρακλέουσ ὀργήν τιν’ ἔχων τοῖσι μεγίστοισ ἐπεχείρει, διαβὰσ βυρσῶν ὀσμὰσ δεινὰσ κἀπειλὰσ βορβοροθύμουσ, καὶ πρῶτον μὲν μάχομαι πάντων αὐτῷ τῷ καρχαρόδοντι, οὗ δεινόταται μὲν ἀπ’ ὀφθαλμῶν Κύννησ ἀκτῖνεσ ἔλαμπον, ἑκατὸν δὲ κύκλῳ κεφαλαὶ κολάκων οἰμωξομένων ἐλιχμῶντο περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν, φωνὴν δ’ εἶχεν χαράδρασ ὄλεθρον τετοκυίασ, φώκησ δ’ ὀσμήν, Λαμίασ ὄρχεισ ἀπλύτουσ, πρωκτὸν δὲ καμήλου. (Aristophanes, Peace, Parabasis, parabasis5)
ἦσαν μὲν γὰρ ἐκ βυρσῶν περιερραμμένα, πλήρη δὲ ἐρίων, εἰσ τὸ τῇ πληγῇ ἐνδιδόναι τῶν λιθοβόλων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 91 6:2)
ἢν δὲ τύχωσιν ἀποροῦντεσ βυρσῶν, τότε καὶ τὰ αὐᾶ τῶν δερμάτων ὑπὸ ἐλαίου σφίσιν ὀλισθηρὰ ποιεῖται. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 13 3:4)
οἱ δὲ εὐθὺσ ἐν ταῖσ πρώταισ τῶν βυρσῶν ὀλισθόντεσ κατὰ τοῦ πρανοῦσ κυλίνδονται, ἑώσ κατενεχθῶσιν ἐσ τὸ ὁμαλόν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 13 4:2)

Synonyms

the skin stripped off a hide
- ἀπόδερμα (a hide stripped off)
- δέρμα (skin, hide)
- δορά (a skin, hide)
- σκύλος (skin, hide)
- σκῦτος (a skin, hide, a dressed or tanned hide)

ἄζωστος (ungirt)
ἡμίγυμνος (half-naked)
ἐμπρόσθιος (fore)
μόσχειος (of a calf)
κλεῖθρον (a bar)
προμετωπίδιος (before or on the forehead)
ἐφόλκιον (a tow-boat)
φρύγανον (dry sticks)
σάγαρις (a single edged axe or bill)
φορυτός (whatever is swept along by the wind)
πυρφόρος (fire-bearing)
χρυσοχάλινος (with gold-studded bridle)
πόπανον (a round cake)
καλώδιον (a small cord)
λίπα (unctuously)
ὀβελίσκος (a small spit)
κρεάγρα (a flesh-hook)
σχίζα (a piece of wood cleft off)
δορυδρέπανον (halbert)
φάκελος (a bundle)
προκόλπιον (a robe falling over the breast)
σάρον (a broom)
ἴκρια (the half-decks)
ὑπόμισθος (serving for pay)
κορμός (the trunk)
διφθέρᾱ (prepared hide)
ὀρέγω (I reach)
σάγμα (covering)
γωρυτός (a bow-case)
παραμηρίδιος (along the thighs)

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the skin stripped off a hide

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