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ἐξάλειπτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξάλειπτρον ἐξάλειπτρου

Structure: ἐξαλειπτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: from e)calei/fw

Sense

  1. an unguent-box

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐξάλειπτρον ἐξαλείπτρω ἐξάλειπτρα
Genitive ἐξαλείπτρου ἐξαλείπτροιν ἐξαλείπτρων
Dative ἐξαλείπτρῳ ἐξαλείπτροιν ἐξαλείπτροις
Accusative ἐξάλειπτρον ἐξαλείπτρω ἐξάλειπτρα
Vocative ἐξάλειπτρον ἐξαλείπτρω ἐξάλειπτρα

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

  • ἀναζεῖ τὴν ἄβυσσον ὥσπερ χαλκεῖον, ἥγηται δὲ τὴν θάλασσαν ὥσπερ ἐξάλειπτρον, (Septuagint, Liber Iob 41:23)
  • "ἀσπίδεσ χρυσοῖ εἴκοσι, πανοπλίαι χρυσοῖ ξδ’, κνημῖδεσ χρυσοῖ τριπήχεισ β’, λεκάναι χρυσοῖ δεκαδύο, φιάλαι πολλαὶ πάνυ τὸν ἀριθμόν, οἰνοχόοι τριάκοντα, ἐξάλειπτρα μεγάλα δέκα, ὑδρίαι δεκαδύο, μαζονόμια πεντήκοντα, τράπεζαι διάφοροι, κυλικεῖα χρυσωμάτων πέντε, κέρασ ὁλόχρυσον πηχῶν λ’. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 31 3:18)

Synonyms

  1. an unguent-box

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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