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δείκηλον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: δείκηλον

Structure: δεικηλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. a representation, exhibition

Declension

Second 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

  • λευγαλέον δ’ ἐπί οἱ πρῖεν χόλον, ἐκ δ’ ἀίδηλα δείκηλα προϊάλλεν, ἐπιζάφελον κοτέουσα. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 27:11)
  • ἐν δὲ τῇ λίμνῃ ταύτῃ τὰ δείκηλα τῶν παθέων αὐτοῦ νυκτὸσ ποιεῦσι, τὰ καλέουσι μυστήρια Αἰγύπτιοι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 171 2:1)

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

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