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δάκρυ

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δάκρυ δακρύου

Structure: δακρυ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: poetic for da/kruon

Sense

  1. tear
  2. Anything which drips like a tear: gum, sap

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δάκρυ δακρύω δάκρυα
Genitive δακρύου δακρύοιν δακρύων
Dative δακρύῳ δακρύοιν δακρύοις, δάκρυσι
Accusative δάκρυ δακρύω δάκρυα
Vocative δάκρυον δακρύω δάκρυα

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

  • ἐμβαλόμενοι οὖν ἅπαντα τὰ παρεσκευασμένα οὕτω δὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ βαίνομεν ἀχνύμενοι, θαλερὸν κατὰ δάκρυ χέοντεσ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 9:3)
  • ἐσιδοῦσ’ οἰκτρὰ μὲν ὄσσων δάκρυ’ ἀμφὶ βλεφάροισ, ῥυ‐ σὰ δὲ σαρκῶν πολιᾶν καταδρύμματα χειρῶν· (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • ἔκ τε γὰρ γερασμίων ὄσσων ἐλαύνουσ’ οἰκτρὸν ἐσ γαῖαν δάκρυ, κουραί τε καὶ πεπλώματ’ οὐ θεωρικά. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode7)
  • ἄκραντ’ ὀδύρῃ ταῖσδέ τ’ ἐξάγεισ δάκρυ. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 2:35)
  • οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτω στερρὸσ ἀνθρώπου φύσισ, ἥτισ γόων σῶν καὶ μακρῶν ὀδυρμάτων κλύουσα θρήνουσ οὐκ ἂν ἐκβάλοι δάκρυ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:26)

Synonyms

  1. tear

  2. Anything which drips like a tear

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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