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δίνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίνη δίνης

Structure: διν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. whirlpool

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

  • Ἀρταξέρξησ ὁ Μνήμων ἐπικληθείσ, ἐφ’ ὃν Κῦροσ ὁ ἀδελφὸσ ἐστρατεύσατο, βασιλεύων ἐν Πέρσαισ ἐτελεύτησεν νόσῳ ἓξ καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα ἐτῶν γενόμενοσ, ὡσ δὲ Δίνων ἱστορεῖ, τεσσάρων καὶ ἐνενήκοντα. (Lucian, Macrobii, (no name) 15:1)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ Δίνων ἐν τῇ Περσικῇ πραγματείᾳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 74 1:7)
  • ὁ δὲ μέγασ Ἀλέξανδροσ δειπνῶν ἑκάστοτε μετὰ τῶν φίλων, ὡσ ἱστορεῖ Ἔφιπποσ ὁ Ὀλύνθιοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ τῆσ Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Ἡφαιστίωνοσ μεταλλαγῆσ, ἀνήλισκε τῆσ ἡμέρασ μνᾶσ ἑκατόν, δειπνούντων ἴσωσ ἑξήκοντα ἢ ἑβδομήκοντα φίλων, ὁ δὲ Περσῶν βασιλεύσ, ὥσ φησι Κτησίασ καὶ Δίνων ἐν τοῖσ Περσικοῖσ, ἐδείπνει μὲν μετὰ ἀνδρῶν μυρίων πεντακισχιλίων, καὶ ἀνηλίσκετο εἰσ τὸ δεῖπνον τάλαντα τετρακόσια. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 27 2:1)
  • τὸ δὲ ἔθοσ τοῦτο καὶ παρὰ τοῖσ βαρβάροισ ἐσῴζετο, ὥσ φησι Δίνων ἐν τοῖσ Περσικοῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 33 4:1)
  • παρὰ δὲ Πέρσαισ ἀνέχεται ἡ βασίλεια τοῦ πλήθουσ τῶν παλλακίδων διὰ τὸ ὡσ δεσπότην ἄρχειν τῆσ γαμετῆσ τὸν βασιλέα, ἔτι δὲ καὶ διὰ τὸ τὴν βασιλίδα, ὥσ φησιν Δίνων ἐν τοῖσ Περσικοῖσ, ὑπὸ τῶν παλλακίδων θρησκεύεσθαι προσκυνοῦσι γοῦν αὐτήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 31)

Synonyms

  1. whirlpool

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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