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δοχμή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δοχμή

Structure: δοχμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: de/xomai

Sense

  1. the space contained in a hand's breadth

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δοχμή δοχμᾱ́ δοχμαί
Genitive δοχμῆς δοχμαῖν δοχμῶν
Dative δοχμῇ δοχμαῖν δοχμαῖς
Accusative δοχμήν δοχμᾱ́ δοχμᾱ́ς
Vocative δοχμή δοχμᾱ́ δοχμαί

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

  • εἰ δὲ μὴ σύ γ’ οἶσθα κάττυμ’, οὐδ’ ἐγὼ χορδεύματα, ὅστισ ὑποτέμνων ἐπώλεισ δέρμα μοχθηροῦ βοὸσ τοῖσ ἀγροίκοισιν πανούργωσ, ὥστε φαίνεσθαι παχύ, καὶ πρὶν ἡμέραν φορῆσαι μεῖζον ἦν δυοῖν δοχμαῖν. (Aristotle, Agon, trochees2)

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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