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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

  • γινώσκων γὰρ παρὰ μὲν ἐκείνοισ κατὰ τὴν Καισάρειαν τοὺσ δύο ξέστασ δραχμῆσ μιᾶσ πωλουμένουσ, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ Γισχάλοισ τοὺσ ὀγδοήκοντα ξέστασ δραχμῶν τεσσάρων, πᾶν τὸ ἔλαιον ὅσον ἦν ἐκεῖ διεπέμψατο λαβὼν ἐξουσίαν καὶ παρ’ ἐμοῦ τὸ δοκεῖν· (Flavius Josephus, 88:2)
  • αἰεὶ δὲ προτέρω χθαμαλώτερον ἐξελάχαινον στείρησ, ἐν δ’ ὁλκῷ ξεστὰσ στορέσαντο φάλαγγασ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 7:33)
  • πίνει γὰρ καὶ τρεῖσ καὶ τέσσαρασ, ἢν ἐθελήσῃσ, ξέστασ, κἀκ τούτου γίνετ’ ἄνω τὰ κάτω· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 73 1:1)
  • ξέστασ γὰρ τριάκοντα μόνουσ λάγυνὸσ γ’ ὅδε χωρεῖ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 298 1:1)

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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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