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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative διφθέρᾱ διφθέρᾱ διφθέραι
Genitive διφθέρᾱς διφθέραιν διφθερῶν
Dative διφθέρᾱͅ διφθέραιν διφθέραις
Accusative διφθέρᾱν διφθέρᾱ διφθέρᾱς
Vocative διφθέρᾱ διφθέρᾱ διφθέραι

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

  • ταῦτα, φησὶν ὁ Σωκράτησ, ἐν διφθέραισ χαλκαῖσ γεγράφασι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 254)
  • ταῦτα, φησὶν ὁ Σωκράτησ, ἐν διφθέραισ χαλκαῖσ γεγράφασι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 25 1:1)
  • διὸ καὶ τὰ κράνη πιμπλάντεσ ὕδατοσ ἐκόμιζον, οἱ δὲ διφθέραισ ὑπολαμβάνοντεσ. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 47 2:3)
  • "διὰ τί τῶν Λαρητῶν, οὓσ ἰδίωσ πραιστίτεισ καλοῦσι, τούτοισ κύων παρέστηκεν, αὐτοὶ δὲ κυνῶν διφθέραισ ἀμπέχονται; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 511)
  • Φίλιπποσ γὰρ παραλαβὼν ὑμᾶσ πλανήτασ καὶ ἀπόρουσ, ἐν διφθέραισ τοὺσ πολλοὺσ νέμοντασ ἀνὰ τὰ ὄρη πρόβατα ὀλίγα καὶ ὑπὲρ τούτων κακῶσ μαχομένουσ Ἰλλυριοῖσ καὶ Τριβαλλοῖσ καὶ τοῖσ ὁμόροισ Θρᾳξίν, χλαμύδασ μὲν ὑμῖν ἀντὶ τῶν διφθερῶν φορεῖν ἔδωκεν, κατήγαγε δὲ ἐκ τῶν ὀρῶν ἐσ τὰ πεδία, ἀξιομάχουσ καταστήσασ τοῖσ προσχώροισ τῶν βαρβάρων, ὡσ μὴ χωρίων ἔτι ὀχυρότητι πιστεύοντασ μᾶλλον ἢ τῇ οἰκείᾳ ἀρετῇ σώζεσθαι, πόλεών τε οἰκήτορασ ἀπέφηνε καὶ νόμοισ καὶ ἔθεσι χρηστοῖσ ἐκόσμησεν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 9 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. anything made of leather

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