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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

  • ὥσ ποτε πετραίῃ ὑπὸ δειράδι Παρνησσοῖο Δελφύνην τόξοισι πελώριον ἐξενάριξεν, κοῦροσ ἐὼν ἔτι γυμνόσ, ἔτι πλοκάμοισι γεγηθώσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 11:23)
  • ἡ δ’ ἐσ Μαντίνειαν ἄγουσα ἐξ Ἄργουσ ἐστὶν οὐχ ἥπερ καὶ ἐπὶ Τεγέαν, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τῶν πυλῶν τῶν πρὸσ τῇ Δειράδι. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 25 2:1)
  • ἑτέρα δὲ ὁδὸσ ἀπὸ τῶν πυλῶν τῶν πρὸσ τῇ Δειράδι ἐστὶν ἐπὶ Λύρκειαν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 25 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. The ridge of a column of hills

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