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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

  • ὥστ’ ἔγωγ’ ἤδη ’πιθυμῶ καὐτὸσ ἐλθεῖν εἰσ ἀγρὸν καὶ τριαινοῦν τῇ δικέλλῃ διὰ χρόνου τὸ γῄδιον. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, trochees9)
  • 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)
  • πάντασ γὰρ ἅμα καὶ ἀνθρώπουσ καὶ θεοὺσ μισῶ, τουτονὶ δὲ τὸν τυφλόν, ὅστισ ἂν ᾖ, καὶ ἐπιτρίψειν μοι δοκῶ τῇ δικέλλῃ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 34:9)
  • θησαυρὸν ὑπάγαγε τῇ δικέλλῃ· (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 39:5)
  • καὶ μὴν ἐλεγεῖά γε ᾄσῃ μάλα περιπαθῶσ ὑπὸ ταύτῃ τῇ δικέλλῃ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 45:7)

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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