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δίκελλα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίκελλα δίκελλης

Structure: δικελλ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: di/s, ke/llw

Sense

  1. a mattock, a two-pronged hoe

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δίκελλα δικέλλᾱ δίκελλαι
Genitive δικέλλης δικέλλαιν δικελλῶν
Dative δικέλλῃ δικέλλαιν δικέλλαις
Accusative δίκελλαν δικέλλᾱ δικέλλᾱς
Vocative δίκελλα δικέλλᾱ δίκελλαι

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

  • πάνυ γὰρ αὐτὸν ἡ δίκελλα πεπαιδαγώγηκεν, εἰ μὴ παντάπασιν ἀνάλγητόσ ἐστι τὴν ὀσφῦν, ὡσ χρῆν σὲ ἀντὶ τῆσ πενίασ προαιρεῖσθαι. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 13:2)
  • ἱκανὸσ ἐμοὶ πλοῦτοσ ἡ δίκελλα, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα εὐδαιμονέστατόσ εἰμι μηδενόσ μοι πλησιάζοντοσ, οὕτωσ, ὦ τάν, ἀπανθρώπωσ; (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 35:4)
  • ἄγε, ὦ δίκελλα, νῦν μοι ἐπίρρωσον σεαυτὴν καὶ μὴ κάμῃσ ἐκ τοῦ βάθουσ τὸν Θησαυρὸν ἐσ τοὐμφανὲσ προκαλουμένη. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 41:1)
  • Ὦ δίκελλα καὶ φιλτάτη διφθέρα, ὑμᾶσ μὲν τῷ Πανὶ τούτῳ ἀναθεῖναι καλὸν αὐτὸσ δὲ ἤδη πᾶσαν πριάμενοσ τὴν ἐσχατιάν, πυργίον οἰκοδομησάμενοσ ὑπὲρ τοῦ θησαυροῦ μόνῳ ἐμοὶ ἱκανὸν ἐνδιαιτᾶσθαι, τὸν αὐτὸν καὶ τάφον ἀποθανὼν ἕξειν μοιδοκῶ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 42:2)
  • ἡ ῥὶσ Κάστορόσ ἐστιν, ὅταν σκάπτῃ τι, δίκελλα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2031)

Synonyms

  1. a mattock

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

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