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δρεπάνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δρεπάνη

Structure: δρεπαν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: dre/pw

Sense

  1. a sickle, reaping-hook, a pruning-hook

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δρεπάνη δρεπάνᾱ δρεπάναι
Genitive δρεπάνης δρεπάναιν δρεπανῶν
Dative δρεπάνῃ δρεπάναιν δρεπάναις
Accusative δρεπάνην δρεπάνᾱ δρεπάνᾱς
Vocative δρεπάνη δρεπάνᾱ δρεπάναι

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

  • ὀλίγῳ δὲ ὕστερον αὖθισ, εἰσ Τεγέαν ἀκούσασ προϊέναι τὸν Ἀντίγονον ὡσ ἐκεῖθεν εἰσ τὴν Λακωνικὴν ἐμβαλοῦντα, ταχὺ τοὺσ στρατιώτασ ἀναλαβὼν καὶ καθ’ ἑτέρασ ὁδοὺσ παραλλάξασ ἅμ’ ἡμέρᾳ πρὸσ τῇ πόλει τῶν Ἀργείων ἀνεφάνη, πορθῶν τὸ πεδίον καὶ τὸν σῖτον οὐ κείρων, ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποί, δρεπάναισ καὶ μαχαίραισ, ἀλλὰ κόπτων ξύλοισ μεγάλοισ εἰσ σχῆμα ῥομφαίασ ἀπειργασμένοισ, ὡσ ἐπὶ παιδιᾷ χρωμένουσ ἐν τῷ πορεύεσθαι σὺν μηδενὶ πόνῳ πάντα συγκατατρῖψαι καὶ διαφθεῖραι τὸν καρπόν. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 26 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a sickle

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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