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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

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)
  • Δρεπάνη τόθεν ἐκλήισται οὔνομα, Φαιήκων ἱερὴ τροφόσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 16:4)
  • ἤματι δ’ ἑβδομάτῳ Δρεπάνην λίπον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 19:28)
  • ἤδη καὶ σταφυλαὶ δρεπάνησ ἐπιμιμνήσκονται, καί τισ χειμερινὴν ἀμφερέφει καλύβην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 372)
  • πρῶτοσ Θὼθ ἐδάη δρεπάνην ἐπὶ βότρυν ἐγείρειν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3831)
  • ἀστάχυασ δὲ καρφαλέουσ κείρει γειοπόνοσ δρεπάνῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 384 2:4)
  • Ψήχει καὶ πέτρην ὁ πολὺσ χρόνοσ, οὐδὲ σιδήρου φείδεται, ἀλλὰ μιῇ πάντ’ ὀλέκει δρεπάνῃ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2251)

Synonyms

  1. a sickle

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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