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διφρεία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: διφρεία

Structure: διφρει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: difreu/w

Sense

  1. chariot-driving

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative διφρεία διφρείᾱ διφρεῖαι
Genitive διφρείᾱς διφρείαιν διφρειῶν
Dative διφρείᾱͅ διφρείαιν διφρείαις
Accusative διφρείᾱν διφρείᾱ διφρείᾱς
Vocative διφρείᾱ διφρείᾱ διφρεῖαι

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

  • τε ἁρμάτων καὶ καταφράκτων ἵππων διφρείαν, ἀπὸ Κύρου ἀρξάμενοι, ἔτι δὲ πρὸ τούτων οἱ σὺν Ἀγαμέμνονι Ἕλληνεσ καὶ οἱ σὺν Πριάμῳ Τρῶεσ τὴν τῶν ἀφράκτων. (Arrian, chapter 19 6:1)
  • καὶ τὴν μὲν Τρωικὴν διφρείαν πρόσθεν οὖσαν καὶ τὴν Κυρηναίων ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἁρματηλασίαν κατέλυσε· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 1 33:2)
  • ταύτην μὲν οὖν τὴν διφρείαν κατέλυσεν· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 1 35:1)

Synonyms

  1. chariot-driving

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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