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δεξαμενή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεξαμενή

Structure: δεξαμεν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: aor1 part. fem. of de/xomai, with changed accent

Sense

  1. a reservoir, tank, cistern

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

  • καί σε Κόωσ ἀτίταλλε βρέφοσ νεογιλλὸν ἐόντα, δεξαμένα παρὰ ματρόσ, ὅτε πρώταν ἴδεσ ἀῶ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 28)
  • ᾧ πέρι δηρίσαντο καὶ ἁ νέκυν ἐν πυρὶ θεῖσα Ἀτθίσ, χἀ κόλποισ ὀστέα δεξαμένα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 5 1:1)
  • πότνια κουροσόοσ, ταύταν ἐπιπορπίδα νυμφᾶν, καὶ στεφάναν λιπαρῶν ἐκ κεφαλᾶσ πλοκάμων, ὀλβία Εἰλείθυια, πολυμνάστοιο φύλασσε Τισίδοσ ὠδίνων ῥύσια δεξαμένα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2741)
  • , σὺ δὲ ταῦτα κακοῦ κακὰ δωρητῆροσ δεξαμένα, νεύσαισ μή ποκα σωφροσύναν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 305 1:2)
  • χαίρειν εἰσ γῆρασ καὐτὸσ ἵκοιο λάλον, πρώτα μοι Γαδάρων κλεινὰ πόλισ ἔπλετο πάτρα, ἤνδρωσεν δ’ ἱερὰ δεξαμένα με Τύροσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 417 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a reservoir

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

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