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δικλίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δικλίς δικλίδος

Structure: δικλιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kli/nw

Sense

  1. double-folding

Declension

Third 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

  • ὠκυτέρα μαλακᾶσ ἀπὸ δίφρακοσ ἔδραμε τήνα ἰθὺ δι’ ἀμφιθύρω καὶ δικλίδοσ, ᾇ πόδεσ ἆγον. (Theocritus, Idylls, 43)
  • τοῖα δ’ ἔλεξα τρέμων τοῦ σοῦ ἀνακροῦσαι δύναμαι πυλεῶνοσ ὀχῆασ, δικλίδοσ ὑμετέρησ τὴν βάλανον χαλάσασ, καὶ δισσῶν προθύρων πλαδαρὴν κρηπῖδα περῆσαι, ἄκρον ἐπιβλῆτοσ μεσσόθι πηξάμενοσ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2423)

Synonyms

  1. double-folding

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

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