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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

  • τῷ γὰρ ὄντι πτῶμα ὁ τοιοῦτόσ ἐστι καὶ ξέστησ αἱματίου, πλέον δ’ οὐδέν. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 34:1)
  • ἀνστάντεσ δ’ ἕταροι νεὸσ ἱστία μηρύσαντο καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐν νηὶ γλαφυρῇ θέσαν, οἱ δ’ ἐπ’ ἐρετμὰ ἑζόμενοι λεύκαινον ὕδωρ ξεστῇσ ἐλάτῃσιν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 18:5)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ Πριάμοιο δόμον περικαλλέ’ ἵκανε ξεστῇσ αἰθούσῃσι τετυγμένον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 6 25:1)
  • ἐλθόντεσ δ’ ἐσ δῶμα Διὸσ νεφεληγερέταο ξεστῇσ αἰθούσῃσιν ἐνίζανον, ἃσ Διὶ πατρὶ Ἥφαιστοσ ποίησεν ἰδυίῃσι πραπίδεσσιν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 1:5)

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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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