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δέσμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δέσμα

Structure: δεσματ (Stem)

Etym.: de/w

Sense

  1. a bond, fetter
  2. a head-band

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δέσμα δέσματε δέσματα
Genitive δέσματος δεσμάτοιν δεσμάτων
Dative δέσματι δεσμάτοιν δέσμασιν*
Accusative δέσμα δέσματε δέσματα
Vocative δέσμα δέσματε δέσματα

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

  • λύσατε, ἐκλύσατε ἄδικα δεσμά. εἰσ τὰ ἴδια μετ̓ εἰρήνησ ἐξαποστείλατε, τὰ προπεπραγμένα παραιτησάμενοι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 6:27)
  • ὃν κατοικτειρήσασ ὁ τύραννοσ, καίπερ δεινῶσ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ κακισθείσ, ὁρῶν ἤδη τὰ δεσμὰ περικείμενον, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 12:2)
  • δεσμὰ δὲ εἰσιν οἱ σειραὶ λεπταὶ χρυσοῦ καὶ ἠλέκτρου εἰργασμέναι ὁρ́μοισ ἐοικυῖαι τοῖσ καλλίστοισ. (Lucian, Hercules, 3:3)
  • καὶ μὴν οὐχ ὁρῶ ὅ τι τὸ ἀγαθὸν αὐτῷ πρόσεστιν, εἰ μὴ ἄρα ἕν τι μόνον, ὅτι βαρύνονται οἱ φέροντεσ αὐτό, οὐ γὰρ οἶσθα ὅσοι πόλεμοι διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἐπιβουλαὶ καὶ λῃστήρια καὶ ἐπιορκίαι καὶ φόνοι καὶ δεσμὰ ^ καὶ ἐμπορίαι καὶ δουλεῖαι; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 11:6)
  • ὁ δὲ λύσασ τὰ δεσμὰ τῆσ παρθένου, ὑποσχὼν τὴν χεῖρα ὑπεδέξατο ἀκροποδητὶ κατιοῦσαν ἐκ τῆσ πέτρασ ὀλισθηρᾶσ οὔσησ, καὶ νῦν γαμεῖ ἐν τοῦ Κηφέωσ καὶ ἀπάξει αὐτὴν ἐσ Ἄργοσ, ὥστε ἀντὶ θανάτου γάμον οὐ τὸν τυχόντα εὑρ́ετο. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton and nhrides, chapter 3 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a bond

  2. a head-band

Related

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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