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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

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

  • ἐρρωμένοσ τοιγαροῦν ὑπὸ τῶν πόνων τὸν ἀγρὸν τουτονὶ φιλοπόνωσ ἐπεργαζόμενοσ, οὐδὲν ὁρῶν τῶν ἐν ἄστει κακῶν, ἱκανὰ καὶ διαρκῆ ἔχω τὰ ἄλφιτα παρὰ τῆσ δικέλλησ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 36:5)
  • ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὔτε του γενῇδοσ ἦν πλῆγμ’, οὐ δικέλλησ ἐκβολή. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 2:13)

Synonyms

  1. a mattock

Related

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

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