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δειράς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δειράς δειράδος

Structure: δειραδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: deirh/

Sense

  1. The ridge of a column of hills

Declension

Third 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

  • ἰὼ δειράδεσ Παρνασοῦ πέτρασ ἔχουσαι σκόπελον οὐράνιόν θ’ ἕδραν, ἵνα Βάκχιοσ ἀμφιπύρουσ ἀνέχων πεύκασ λαιψηρὰ πηδᾷ νυκτιπόλοισ ἅμα σὺν Βάκχαισ, μή ποτ’ εἰσ ἐμὰν πόλιν ἵκοιθ’ ὁ παῖσ, νέαν δ’ ἁμέραν ἀπολιπὼν θάνοι. (Euripides, Ion, choral, epode1)

Synonyms

  1. The ridge of a column of hills

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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