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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

  • τοῦτο δὲ τὸ φρούριον ἀπέχει μὲν Ιἑροσολύμων περὶ ἑξήκοντα σταδίουσ, φύσει δὲ ἐχυρὸν καὶ πρὸσ κατασκευὴν ἐπιτηδειότατόν ἐστιν ἐγγὺσ ἐπιεικῶσ κολωνὸσ εἰσ ὕψοσ ἀνιὼν χειροποίητον, ὡσ εἶναι μαστοειδὴσ τὴν περιφοράν, διείληπται δὲ κυκλοτερέσι πύργοισ ὀρθίαν ἔχων ἄνοδον ξεσταῖσ βαθμίσιν ἐξῳκοδομημένην εἰσ διακοσίουσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 386:1)

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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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