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βυρσίνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: βυρσίνη

Structure: βυρσιν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: bu/rsa

Sense

  1. a leathern thong

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative βυρσίνη βυρσίνᾱ βυρσίναι
Genitive βυρσίνης βυρσίναιν βυρσινῶν
Dative βυρσίνῃ βυρσίναιν βυρσίναις
Accusative βυρσίνην βυρσίνᾱ βυρσίνᾱς
Vocative βυρσίνη βυρσίνᾱ βυρσίναι

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

  • καὶ πρώην γ’ ἐμοῦ μᾶζαν μεμαχότοσ ἐν Πύλῳ Λακωνικήν, πανουργότατά πωσ περιδραμὼν ὑφαρπάσασ αὐτὸσ παρέθηκε τὴν ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ μεμαγμένην, ἡμᾶσ δ’ ἀπελαύνει κοὐκ ἐᾷ τὸν δεσπότην ἄλλον θεραπεύειν, ἀλλὰ βυρσίνην ἔχων δειπνοῦντοσ ἑστὼσ ἀποσοβεῖ τοὺσ ῥήτορασ. (Aristotle, Prologue 2:8)
  • τῶν Βυρσίνησ τῆσ Ἱππίου. (Aristotle, Agon, pnigos10)
  • πέλτη μικρὰ βυρσίνη, πλατύλογχα μικρά, ἄζωστοι πλατύσημοι χιτῶνεσ, ἐπιπόρπημα, ὡσ ἔφην, δορὰ καὶ προθωράκιον. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 14:11)

Synonyms

  1. a leathern thong

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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