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διωρυχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: διωρυχή

Structure: διωρυχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: dioru/ssw

Sense

  1. a digging through

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative διωρυχή διωρυχᾱ́ διωρυχαί
Genitive διωρυχῆς διωρυχαῖν διωρυχῶν
Dative διωρυχῇ διωρυχαῖν διωρυχαῖς
Accusative διωρυχήν διωρυχᾱ́ διωρυχᾱ́ς
Vocative διωρυχή διωρυχᾱ́ διωρυχαί

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

  • μετοικίζεται γὰρ ἐξαναστᾶσα, καὶ τὸ μέγιστον ἁπάντων, γῆσ μὲν οὐδαμοῦ, πᾶσα γὰρ εἴχετο, ἡ δὲ εἰσ τὴν θάλατταν ἀπεχώρει, καὶ τῆσ περὶ τὸν Ἄθω διωρυχῆσ καὶ τοῦ πορθμοῦ τῆσ γεφύρασ οὔτε εἰσ ἀκοὴν ἀηδέστερον οὔτε γνώμῃ φαυλότερον τοῦτο τὸ τόλμημα ἀντεπεδείξατο ἐπὶ τῆσ θαλάττησ φανεῖσα, καὶ Ξέρξῃ καταλιποῦσα τὸ ἴχνοσ μόνον προσιδεῖν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 40:5)
  • ἀντὶ δὲ χρυσείων καὶ ἀργυρείων μετάλλων διωρυχῆσ τοὔδαφοσ τῆσ πόλεωσ παρεῖχε καὶ εἰσ μῆνασ ἐκκαθαίρειν τοὺσ κειμένουσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. a digging through

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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