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ξο̈ίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξο̈ίς ξο̈ίδος

Structure: ξο̈ιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ce/w

Sense

  1. a sculptor's chisel

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ξο̈ίς ξο̈ίδε ξο̈ίδες
Genitive ξο̈ίδος ξο̈ίδοιν ξο̈ίδων
Dative ξο̈ίδι ξο̈ίδοιν ξο̈ίσιν*
Accusative ξο̈ίδα ξο̈ίδε ξο̈ίδας
Vocative ξο̈ί ξο̈ίδε ξο̈ίδες

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

  • ἐν δὲ τῇ μεσογείῳ τῇ ὑπὲρ τοῦ Σεβεννυτικοῦ καὶ Φατνιτικοῦ στόματοσ Ξόισ ἐστὶ καὶ νῆσοσ καὶ πόλισ ἐν τῷ Σεβεννυτικῷ νομῷ. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 37:1)

Synonyms

  1. a sculptor's chisel

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

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