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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

  • τὰ δὲ κατὰ τὰσ κορυφὰσ ὀρέων καὶ φαράγγων ἀπορρῶγασ καὶ δένδρων ὀπὰσ καὶ τὰσ τούτων ἄκρασ ἐννοσσοποιησάμενα ἀποτίκτει καὶ τὸν προσιόντα κωλύει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 14:16)
  • τῶν τε δένδρων τὰ ὑπερέχοντα ἢ πίπτοντα εἰσ τὰσ ὁδοὺσ τὰσ βασιλικὰσ ἐπώλει ὡσ τὰσ ἐπικαρπίασ. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 50:2)
  • καίτοι τῆσ γε δόξησ καὶ τοῦ εἶναι φύσιν εὐσεβῶν χῶρον τοῖσι λάμπει μὲν μένοσ ἀελίου τὰν ἐνθάδε νύκτα κάτω, φοινικορόδοισ ἐνὶ λειμώνεσσι, καὶ τοῖσιν ἀκάρπων μὲν ἀνθηρῶν καὶ σκυθίων δένδρων ἄνθεσι τεθηλὸσ ἀναπέπταται πεδίον καὶ ποταμοί τινεσ ἄκλυστοι καὶ λεῖοι διαρρέουσι, καὶ διατριβὰσ ἔχουσιν ἐν μνήμαισ καὶ λόγοισ τῶν γεγονότων καὶ ὄντων παραπέμποντεσ αὑτοὺσ καὶ συνόντεσ. (Plutarch, An Recte Dictum Sit Latenter Esse Vivendum, section 7 1:1)
  • ὁρᾷσ παρὰ ῥείθροισι χειμάρροισ ὅσα δένδρων ἀεὶ τὴν νύκτα καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν βρέχεται, μέγεθοσ καὶ κάλλοσ οἱᾶ γίνεται, τὰ δ’ ἀντιτείνοντ’ οἱονεὶ δίψαν τινὰ ἢ ξηρασίαν σχόντ’ αὐτόπρεμν’ ἀπόλλυται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 41 3:1)
  • διὸ καὶ τῶν δένδρων τὰ μὲν καρποφόρα καλὰ προσαγορεύει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 45 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. tree

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