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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δεξαμενή δεξαμενᾱ́ δεξαμεναί
Genitive δεξαμενῆς δεξαμεναῖν δεξαμενῶν
Dative δεξαμενῇ δεξαμεναῖν δεξαμεναῖς
Accusative δεξαμενήν δεξαμενᾱ́ δεξαμενᾱ́ς
Vocative δεξαμενή δεξαμενᾱ́ δεξαμεναί

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

  • εἰ μή τισ οἰέται πρὸσ διαγωγὴν ζῆν τοὺσ οὔρῳ λουομένουσ ἐν δεξαμεναῖσ παλαιουμένῳ, καὶ τοὺσ ὀδόντασ σμηχομένουσ καὶ αὐτοὺσ καὶ τὰσ γυναῖκασ αὐτῶν, καθάπερ τοὺσ Καντάβρουσ φασὶ καὶ τοὺσ ὁμόρουσ αὐτοῖσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 4 32:6)

Synonyms

  1. a reservoir

Similar forms

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

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