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ξέστης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξέστης ξέστου

Structure: ξεστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. pint

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

  • εὐθὺσ ἐγώ, ὅταν πλέω, κατακύψασ εἰσ τὸν βυθὸν ἢ τὸ πέλαγοσ περιβλεψάμενοσ καὶ μὴ ἰδὼν γῆν ἐξίσταμαι καὶ φανταζόμενοσ, ὅτι ὅλον με δεῖ τὸ πέλαγοσ τοῦτο ἐκπιεῖν, ἂν ναυαγήσω, οὐκ ἐπέρχεταί μοι, ὅτι μοι τρεῖσ ξέσται ἀρκοῦσιν. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 21:2)
  • Ἰσμήν’ ὦ στεφαναφόρει, ξεσταί θ’ ἑπταπύλου πόλεωσ ἀναχορεύσατ’ ἀγυιαί, Δίρκα θ’ ἁ καλλιρρέεθροσ, σύν τ’ Ἀσωπιάδεσ κόραι, πατρὸσ ὕδωρ βᾶτε λιποῦσαι συναοιδοί, Νύμφαι, τὸν Ἡρακλέουσ καλλίνικον ἀγῶνα. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, strophe 31)
  • αἵδ’ ἀπὸ Λευκανῶν θυρεάσπιδεσ, οἱ δὲ χαλινοὶ στοιχηδόν, ξεσταὶ τ’ ἀμφίβολοι κάμακεσ δέδμηνται, ποθέουσαι ὁμῶσ ἵππουσ τε καὶ ἄνδρασ, Παλλάδι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1311)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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