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δικίδιον?

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: dikidion

Principal Part: δικίδιον δικίδιου

Structure: δικιδι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: δίκη의 지소사,

Sense

  1. a little trial

Declension

Second 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

  • 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 οἱο῀ν 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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