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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

  • 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 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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