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ἐφετμή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐφετμή

Structure: ἐφετμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)fi/hmi

Sense

  1. a command, behest

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐφετμή ἐφετμᾱ́ ἐφετμαί
Genitive ἐφετμῆς ἐφετμαῖν ἐφετμῶν
Dative ἐφετμῇ ἐφετμαῖν ἐφετμαῖς
Accusative ἐφετμήν ἐφετμᾱ́ ἐφετμᾱ́ς
Vocative ἐφετμή ἐφετμᾱ́ ἐφετμαί

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

  • οἱ δ’ ἄρα μητρῴησ ἐρατῆσ ἀίοντεσ ἐφετμῆσ φοιτητῆρεσ Ἔρωτεσ ἐπερρώοντο τιθήνῃ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 152)
  • ἀλλὰ σύ γ’ ἡμετέρησ μεμνημένοσ αἰὲν ἐφετμῆσ ἐργάζευ, Πέρση, δῖον γένοσ, ὄφρα σε λιμὸσ ἐχθαίρῃ, φιλέῃ δέ σ’ ἐυστέφανοσ Δημήτηρ αἰδοίη, βιότου δὲ τεὴν πιμπλῇσι καλιήν· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 36:4)
  • μείδησεν δὲ ἄναξ ἐνέρων Αἰδωνεὺσ ὀφρύσιν, οὐδ’ ἀπίθησε Διὸσ βασιλῆοσ ἐφετμῇσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 38:2)
  • τῆσ γὰρ ἐφετμῇσ πασσυδίῃ κοῦραι Νηρηίδεσ ἀντιόωσιν, νῆα διὲκ πέτρασ, αἵ τε Πλαγκταὶ καλέονται, ῥυσόμεναι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 14:16)

Synonyms

  1. a command

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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