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δειρή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δειρή

Structure: δειρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: perhaps akin to Lat. dorsum

Sense

  1. the neck, throat

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δειρή δειρᾱ́ δειραί
Genitive δειρᾶς δειραῖν δειρῶν
Dative δειρᾷ δειραῖν δειραῖς
Accusative δειρᾱ́ν δειρᾱ́ δειρᾱ́ς
Vocative δειρᾱ́ δειρᾱ́ δειραί

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

  • τῆσ ἦ τοι πόδεσ εἰσὶ δυώδεκα πάντεσ ἀώροι, ἓξ δέ τέ οἱ δειραὶ περιμήκεεσ, ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ σμερδαλέη κεφαλή, ἐν δὲ τρίστοιχοι ὀδόντεσ πυκνοὶ καὶ θαμέεσ, πλεῖοι μέλανοσ θανάτοιο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 9:10)
  • ‐ Ἀλλὰ δεῖραί με δύναται. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 119:1)

Synonyms

  1. the neck

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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