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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δειράς δειράδε δειράδες
Genitive δειράδος δειράδοιν δειράδων
Dative δειράδι δειράδοιν δειράσιν*
Accusative δειράδα δειράδε δειράδας
Vocative δειρά δειράδε δειράδες

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

  • Ἀπόλλων δὲ στὰσ ἐπὶ τὰσ Μελαντίουσ δειράσ, τοξεύσασ τῷ βέλει εἰσ τὴν θάλασσαν κατήστραψεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 26:2)
  • θλῖβε δρακοντείουσ περιμήκεασ ὄβριμε δειρὰσ Ἥρακλεσ, δακέτων ἄγχε βαθεῖσ φάρυγασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 901)
  • δρυψαμένω δ’ ὀνύχεσσι παρειὰσ ἀμφί τε δειρὰσ δεξιὼ ἠίξαν διά τ’ οἰκία καὶ πόλιν αὐτῶν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 13:4)
  • τὸ δὲ ἄγαλμα τὸ νῦν χαλκοῦν ἐστιν ὀρθόν, Δειραδιώτησ Ἀπόλλων καλούμενοσ, ὅτι καὶ ὁ τόποσ οὗτοσ καλεῖται Δειράσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 24 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. The ridge of a column of hills

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