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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

  • τὸ αὐτὸ δὴ καὶ σὺ πάσχων οὐχ ὁρᾷσ, ὁπόταν τὸ μὲν βιβλίον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ ἔχῃσ πάγκαλον, πορφυρᾶν μὲν ἔχον τὴν διφθέραν, χρυσοῦν δὲ τὸν ὀμφαλόν, ἀναγιγνώσκῃσ δὲ αὐτὸ βαρβαρίζων καὶ καταισχύνων καὶ διαστρέφων, ὑπὸ μὲν τῶν πεπαιδευμένων καταγελώμενοσ, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν συνόντων σοι κολάκων ἐπαινούμενοσ, οἳ καὶ αὐτοὶ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ ἐπιστρεφόμενοι γελῶσι τὰ πολλά; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 7:6)
  • καὶ γὰρ τὴν διφθέραν ἐνῆπται τὴν τοῦ λέοντοσ καὶ τὸ ῥόπαλον ἔχει ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ καὶ τὸν γωρυτὸν παρήρτηται, καὶ τὸ τόξον ἐντεταμένον ἡ ἀριστερὰ προδείκνυσιν, καὶ ὅλοσ Ἡρακλῆσ ἐστι ταῦτά γε. (Lucian, Hercules, 1:4)
  • νὴ τὸν Δία τὸν σωτῆρ’ ἐπιτήδειόσ γ’ ἂν ἦν τὴν τοῦ πανόπτου διφθέραν ἐνημμένοσ εἴπερ τισ ἄλλοσ βουκολεῖν τὸ δήμιον. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Prologue 2:26)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἔφην, ὅταν μὲν οὖν τὰσ αἶγασ ἐκ τοῦ φελλέωσ, ὥσπερ ὁ πατήρ σου, διφθέραν ἐνημμένοσ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 3:12)
  • ὥστε ὑπὸ τῶν κακῶν ἐπὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐσχατιὰν τραπόμενοσ ἐναψάμενοσ διφθέραν ἐργάζομαι τὴν γῆν ὑπόμισθοσ ὀβολῶν τεττάρων, τῇ ἐρημίᾳ καὶ τῇ δικέλλῃ προσφιλοσοφῶν. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. anything made of leather

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