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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

  • καὶ νῦν γε τούτω τὸν παλαιὸν δεσπότην πρὸσ βίαν χειροῦσιν, οὐδὲν τῶν πάλαι μεμνημένοι διφθερῶν κἀξωμίδων, ἃσ οὗτοσ αὐτοῖσ ἠμπόλα, καὶ κυνᾶσ· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, trochees 1:9)
  • οἵ τε ἵπποι οὐκ ἂν ἐδόκουν αὐτῷ ἐθελῆσαι οὐδὲ ἐπιβῆναι τῆσ ὄχθησ τῆσ πέραν, προσκειμένων σφίσιν εὐθὺσ τῶν ἐλεφάντων καὶ τῇ τε ὄψει ἅμα καὶ τῇ φωνῇ φοβούντων, οὐδ̓ ἂν ἔτι πρόσθεν μεῖναι ἐπὶ τῶν διφθερῶν κατὰ τὸν πόρον, ἀλλ̓ ἐκπηδᾶν γὰρ ἐσ τὸ ὕδωρ ἀφορῶντεσ πέραν τοὺσ ἐλέφαντασ [καὶ] ἔκφρονεσ γιγνόμενοι. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 10 2:1)
  • καὶ ἡ μὲν ἄλλη στρατιὰ αὐτῷ ἡ ἱππικὴ τῶν διφθερῶν ἐπιβᾶσα καὶ ὅσουσ τῶν πεζῶν τὰ πλοῖα ἐδέχετο ἐπέρα κατὰ τὴν νῆσον, ὡσ μὴ πρόσθεν ὀφθεῖεν πρὸσ τῶν σκοπῶν τῶν ἐκ πώρου καθεστηκότων πρὶν παραλλάξαντασ τὴν νῆσον ὀλίγον ἔτι ἀπέχειν τῆσ ὄχθησ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 12 4:3)
  • εἶναι γὰρ ἵνα ἐπέρασεν αὐτὸν Ἀλέξανδροσ ἐπὶ τῶν πλοίων τε καὶ τῶν διφθερῶν ξὺν τῇ στρατιᾷ τὸ μὲν ῥεῦμα ὀξὺ τοῦ Ἀκεσίνου πέτραισ μεγάλαισ καὶ ὀξείαισ, καθ̓ ὧν φερόμενον βίᾳ τὸ ὕδωρ κυμαίνεσθαί τε καὶ καχλάζειν, τὸ δὲ εὖροσ σταδίουσ ἐπέχειν πεντεκαίδεκα. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 20 8:3)
  • τοῖσ μὲν δὴ ἐπὶ τῶν διφθερῶν περῶσιν εὐμαρῆ γενέσθαι τὸν πόρον, τοὺσ δὲ ἐν τοῖσ πλοίοισ διαβάλλοντασ ἐποκειλάντων πολλῶν πλοίων ἐπὶ ταῖσ πέτραισ καὶ συναρ[ρ]αχθέντων οὐκ ὀλίγουσ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι διαφθαρῆναι. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 20 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. anything made of leather

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