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δάφνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δάφνη δάφνης

Structure: δαφν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. laurel, bay

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

  • κατὰ σὸν ἐν δάφναισ ἀνάκτορον θυηπολῶ, Ὑμήν, ὦ Ὑμέναι’, Ὑμήν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, lyric17)
  • "τὸ δὲ περιέχον αὐτὴν ὕπαιθρον μυρρίναισ καὶ δάφναισ ἄλλοισ τε ἐπιτηδείοισ ἔρνεσιν ἐγεγόνει συνηρεφέσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:79)
  • σὺ δὲ τοῦτο πρὸσ ἐμὲ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ ὑπὸ ταῖσ δάφναισ αὐτὸσ ἔφησθα ἐννενοηκέναι καὶ εἶναι σὸν εὑρ́ημα· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 2 21:3)
  • οἱᾶ δὲ μεγίστων στρατηγῶν καὶ μέγιστα κατωρθωκότων δάφναισ ἀνεστεμμένασ ἔχοντεσ ὁμοῦ καὶ τὰσ ῥάβδουσ οἱ ὑπηρέται ἀπήντων ἀλλὰ Λεύκολλοσ μὲν ἐκ τόπων χλοερῶν καὶ κατασκίων προσῄει, Πομπήϊοσ δὲ πολλὴν ἄδενδρον καὶ κατεψυγμένην ἔτυχε διεληλυθώσ. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 31 2:3)
  • δάφναισ γὰρ ἀναστέφονται. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 41 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. laurel

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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