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διόπτρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: διόπτρα

Structure: διοπτρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: o)/yomai, fut. of o(ra/w

Sense

  1. an instrument for measuring heights, a Jacob's staff

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative διόπτρα διόπτρᾱ διόπτραι
Genitive διόπτρᾱς διόπτραιν διοπτρῶν
Dative διόπτρᾱͅ διόπτραιν διόπτραις
Accusative διόπτρᾱν διόπτρᾱ διόπτρᾱς
Vocative διόπτρᾱ διόπτρᾱ διόπτραι

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

  • ἄλλοσ δὲ εἰσ διόπτρασ βώλουσ μεγάλασ ἐκδιδούσ, ὥστε καὶ ἔξω κομίζεσθαι. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 2 18:10)

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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