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δικίδιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: δικίδιον δικίδιου

Structure: δικιδι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: di/kh의 지소사,

Sense

  1. a little trial

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δικίδιον δικιδίω δικίδια
Genitive δικιδίου δικιδίοιν δικιδίων
Dative δικιδίῳ δικιδίοιν δικιδίοις
Accusative δικίδιον δικιδίω δικίδια
Vocative δικίδιον δικιδίω δικίδια

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

  • εἴ που δικίδιον εἶπασ εὖ κατὰ ξένου μετοίκου, τὴν νύκτα θρυλῶν καὶ λαλῶν ἐν ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ σεαυτῷ, ὕδωρ τε πίνων κἀπιδεικνὺσ τοὺσ φίλουσ τ’ ἀνιῶν, ᾤου δυνατὸσ εἶναι λέγειν. (Aristotle, Agon, epirrheme19)
  • δίδασκε καὶ κόλαζε καὶ μέμνησ’ ὅπωσ εὖ μοι στομώσεισ αὐτόν, ἐπὶ μὲν θάτερα οἱο͂ν δικιδίοισ, τὴν δ’ ἑτέραν αὐτοῦ γνάθον στόμωσον οἱάν ἐσ τὰ μείζω πράγματα. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Episode3)
  • οὐδὲ χαίρω βατίσιν οὐδ’ ἐγχέλεσιν, ἀλλ’ ἥδιον ἄν δικίδιον σμικρὸν φάγοιμ’ ἂν ἐν λοπάδι πεπνιγμένον. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, trochees 1:12)

Synonyms

  1. a little trial

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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