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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

  • Ἐὰν δὲ συναντήσῃσ νοσσιᾷ ὀρνέων πρὸ προσώπου σου ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἢ ἐπὶ παντὶ δένδρῳ ἢ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, νεοσσοῖσ ἢ ὠοῖσ, καὶ ἡ μήτηρ θάλπῃ ἐπὶ τῶν νεοσσῶν ἢ ἐπὶ τῶν ὠῶν, οὐ λήψῃ τὴν μητέρα μετὰ τῶν τέκνων. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 22:6)
  • ἔστι γὰρ δένδρῳ ἐλπίσ. ἐὰν γὰρ ἐκκοπῇ, ἔτι ἐπανθήσει, καὶ ὁ ράδαμνοσ αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 14:7)
  • πτόρθοσ δ’ ἐπὶ δένδρῳ ῥιζωθεὶσ δένδροιο τομῇ, καὶ καρπὸν ἀμείψασ, νέρθε μὲν ἀχρὰσ ἔτ’ ἐστίν, ὕπερθε δ’ ἄρ’ εὔπνοοσ ὄχνη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 52)
  • ἀχρὰσ ἐήν θῆκασ σέο χερσὶ μυρίπνοον ὄχνην, δένδρῳ πτόρθον ἐνείσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 61)
  • τί ποτ’ ἄρ’ ἔστι τὸ παρὰ τὴν πέτραν τοῦθ’ ἑστάναι φανταζόμενον ὑπό τινι δένδρῳ; (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 166:8)

Synonyms

  1. tree

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