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διφθέρᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: διφθέρᾱ διφθέρᾱς

Structure: διφθερ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: de/fw

Sense

  1. prepared hide, piece of leather; especially as writing material
  2. anything made of leather, wallet, bag
  3. (plural) skins used as tents

Declension

First 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

  • ἅπαντεσ γὰρ ἀκριβῶσ ὅμοιοὶ εἰσιν τοῖσ καλλίστοισ τούτοισ βιβλίοισ, ὧν χρυσοῖ μὲν οἱ ὀμφαλοί, πορφυρᾶ δὲ ἔκτοσθεν ἡ διφθέρα, τὰ δὲ ἔνδον ἢ Θυέστησ ἐστὶν τῶν τέκνων ἑστιώμενοσ ἢ Οἰδίπουσ τῇ μητρὶ συνὼν ἢ Τηρεὺσ δύο ἀδελφὰσ ἅμα ὀπυίων. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 41:4)
  • Ὦ δίκελλα καὶ φιλτάτη διφθέρα, ὑμᾶσ μὲν τῷ Πανὶ τούτῳ ἀναθεῖναι καλὸν αὐτὸσ δὲ ἤδη πᾶσαν πριάμενοσ τὴν ἐσχατιάν, πυργίον οἰκοδομησάμενοσ ὑπὲρ τοῦ θησαυροῦ μόνῳ ἐμοὶ ἱκανὸν ἐνδιαιτᾶσθαι, τὸν αὐτὸν καὶ τάφον ἀποθανὼν ἕξειν μοιδοκῶ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 42:2)
  • πότερον οὖν αὐτὸν ἐν πορφύρᾳ μᾶλλον ἢ ἐν διφθέρᾳ οἰεί τοῦτο ποιεῖν; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 82:4)
  • τὴν δ’ ἐπιστολὴν ἑλληνίζειν ἐν διφθέρᾳ γεγραμμένην, δηλοῦσαν ὅτι Πῶροσ εἰή ὁ γράψασ, ἑξακοσίων δὲ ἄρχων βασιλέων ὅμωσ περὶ πολλοῦ ποιοῖτο φίλοσ εἶναι Καίσαρι, καὶ ἕτοιμοσ εἰή δίοδόν τε παρέχειν ὅπῃ βούλεται καὶ συμπράττειν ὅσα καλῶσ ἔχει. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 145:3)
  • τὴν δὲ γυναῖκα στήσασ τισ τῶν ἱερέων κατὰ τὰσ πύλασ, αἱ δ’ εἰσὶ τετραμμέναι πρὸσ τὸν νεών, καὶ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ τὸ ἱμάτιον ἀφελὼν ἐπιγράφει μὲν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν προσηγορίαν διφθέρᾳ, κελεύει δὲ ὀμνύειν μηδὲν ἠδικηκέναι τὸν ἄνδρα, παραβᾶσαν δὲ τὸ σῶφρον τοῦ δεξιοῦ σκέλουσ ἔξαρθρον γενέσθαι καὶ τὴν γαστέρα πρησθεῖσαν οὕτωσ ἀποθανεῖν· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 346:2)

Synonyms

  1. anything made of leather

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