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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

  • ἄγετε τὸν ἁβρὸν δήποτ’ ἐν Τροίᾳ πόδα, νῦν δ’ ὄντα δοῦλον, στιβάδα πρὸσ χαμαιπετῆ πέτρινά τε κρήδεμν’, ὡσ πεσοῦσ’ ἀποφθαρῶ δακρύοισ καταξανθεῖσα. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic26)
  • ἀμφί μοι Ἴλιον, ὦ Μοῦσα, καινῶν ὕμνων ἀείσον ἐν δακρύοισ ᾠδὰν ἐπικήδειον· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, strophe 11)
  • δοκεῖσ τοῖσι σοῖσ δακρύοισ μὴ τιμῶσα θεούσ, κρατή‐ σειν ἐχθρῶν; (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 33)
  • κατὰ σὲ δακρύοισ στένω, πρέσβυ, καὶ τέκεα καὶ τὸ καλλίνικον κάρα. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric1)
  • βάροσ ἀντίπαλον, δακρύοισ συναμιλλαταί, ἱκετεύομεν ἀμφὶ γενειάδα καὶ γόνυ καὶ χέρα σὰν προπίτνων, πολιόν τε δάκρυον ἐκβάλλων· (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric3)

Synonyms

  1. tear

  2. Anything which drips like a tear

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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