διφθέρᾱ
First declension Noun; Feminine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
διφθέρᾱ
διφθέρᾱς
Structure:
διφθερ
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- prepared hide, piece of leather; especially as writing material
- anything made of leather, wallet, bag
- (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.
- Περδίκκᾳ δὲ καὶ Κρατερῷ φιλογυμναστοῦσιν ἠκολούθουν διφθέραι σταδιαῖαι τοῖσ μεγέθεσιν, ὑφ’ αἷσ περιλαμβάνοντεσ τόπον ἐν ταῖσ καταστρατοπεδείαισ ἐγυμνάζοντο· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 55 2:3)
- καὶ εἰσ ἄστυ καταβαίνων ἐρωτῆσαι τὸν ἀπαντῶντα, πόσου ἦσαν αἱ διφθέραι καὶ τὸ τάριχοσ καὶ εἰ τήμερον ὁ ἀγὼν νουμηνίαν ἄγει, καὶ εἰπεῖν εὐθὺσ ὅτι βούλεται καταβὰσ ἀποκείρασθαι. (Theophrastus, Characters, 12:2)
- προκαλύμματα δὲ δέρρεισ καὶ διφθέραι αὐτοῖσ ἦσαν, ὡσ μήτε πυρφόροισ βέλεσιν ἀπὸ τείχουσ βάλλεσθαι, τοῖσ τε ἐργαζομένοισ προβολὴν ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ εἶναι πρὸσ τὰ τοξεύματα· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 18 6:2)
- Ὁ δέ, ὡσ αἵ τε διφθέραι αὐτῷ παρεσκευασμέναι ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῷ πόρῳ καὶ ὁ στρατὸσ ἐξωπλισμένοσ ἐφειστήκει τῷ ποταμῷ, αἵ τε μηχαναὶ ἀπὸ ξυνθήματοσ ἐξηκόντιζον ἐσ τοὺσ Σκύθασ παριππεύοντασ ἐπὶ τῇ ὄχθῃ καὶ ἔστιν οἳ αὐτῶν ἐτιτρώσκοντο ἐκ τῶν βελῶν, εἷσ δὲ δὴ διὰ τοῦ γέρρου τε καὶ τοῦ θώρακοσ διαμπὰξ πληγεὶσ πίπτει ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου, οἱ μὲν ἐξεπλάγησαν πρόσ τε τῶν βελῶν τὴν διὰ μακροῦ ἄφεσιν καὶ ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸσ αὐτοῖσ τετελευτήκει, καὶ ὀλίγον ἀνεχώρησαν ἀπὸ τῆσ ὄχθησ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 4 4:1)
- τά τε πλοῖα αὐτῷ ἄλλῃ καὶ ἄλλῃ παραπλέοντα καὶ αἱ διφθέραι τῆσ κάρφησ ἐμπιπλάμεναι καὶ ἡ ὄχθη πᾶσα πλήρησ φαινομένη τῇ μὲν ἱππέων, τῇ δὲ πεζῶν, οὐκ εἰά ἠρεμεῖν τὸν Πῶρον, οὐδὲ ἕν τι ἐπιλεξάμενον ἐσ φυλακὴν ξύμφορον ἐσ τοῦτο ἐκ πάντων παρασκευάζεσθαι. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 9 3:2)
Synonyms
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anything made of leather
