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δένδρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: δένδρον δένδρου

Structure: δενδρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: for forms such as dendre/wn cf. de/ndreon

Sense

  1. tree

Declension

Second 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

  • τὸ δ’ ἦν πέλαγοσ ἄβυσσον ἀρρίζοισ δένδροισ καταπεφυτευμένον· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 42:3)
  • τὰ δέ γε τούτων μὲν οὐδενί, δένδροισ δέ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 194:6)
  • τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ᾐών ἐστιν ἑλώδησ καὶ δασεῖα καλάμῳ καὶ δένδροισ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 5:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἀσφαλῶσ ἐν τοῖσ δένδροισ ἑστάναι πλέον ἢ τὸν ἕνα λόχον. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 7 11:2)
  • τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ εὐώδη διαφερόντωσ φησὶ τὴν νῆσον τῶν ἡδίστων ἐν αὐτῇ καιομένων θυμιαμάτων, τοῦτο δὲ σύσκιον δένδροισ εὐθαλέσι, κύκλῳ δὲ περὶ τὸ σπήλαιον ἄμπελονπεριήκουσαν ὡραίαν, βότρυσι βριθομένην, ἔμπροσθεν δὲ λειμῶνασ ἁπαλοὺσ ἀναμὶξ σελίνων τε καὶ ἑτέρων, ἐν δὲ τῷ μέσῳ κρήνασ τέτταρασ λαμπροῦ καὶ διαφανοῦσ ὕδατοσ πάντοσε ἀπορρέοντοσ, ἅτε οὐκ ὄντοσ ἑτεροκλινοῦσ οὐδὲ ἀνίσου τοῦ χωρίου. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 51:1)

Synonyms

  1. tree

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