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εἰλαπίνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰλαπίνη

Structure: εἰλαπιν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. a feast or banquet

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative εἰλαπίνη εἰλαπίνᾱ εἰλαπίναι
Genitive εἰλαπίνης εἰλαπίναιν εἰλαπινῶν
Dative εἰλαπίνῃ εἰλαπίναιν εἰλαπίναις
Accusative εἰλαπίνην εἰλαπίνᾱ εἰλαπίνᾱς
Vocative εἰλαπίνη εἰλαπίνᾱ εἰλαπίναι

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

  • οὗ μὲν γὰρ ἦσαν εἰλαπίναι καὶ γάμοι, ἑτέρωθι δὲ δικαστήρια καὶ ἐκκλησίαι, καθ’ ἕτερον δὲ μέροσ ἔθυέ τισ, ἐν γειτόνων δὲ πενθῶν ἄλλοσ ἐφαίνετο· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 16:8)
  • ἣδιστα δὲ τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ ἑορταὶ καὶ εἰλαπίναι πρὸσ ἱεροῖσ καὶ μυήσεισ καὶ ὀργιασμοὶ καὶ κατευχαὶ θεῶν καὶ προσκυνήσεισ. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 9 2:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἄτερ σοῦ εἰλαπίναι θνητοῖσιν, ἵν’ οὐ πρώτῃ πυμάτῃ τε Ἑστίῃ ἀρχόμενοσ σπένδει μελιηδέα οἶνον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:2)
  • τῇ γὰρ ἄκοντεσ καὶ πόλεμοι, πέρι σοὶ δ’ εὐάδον εἰλαπίναι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1832)
  • "διὸ τὴν μὲν ᾠδαὶ κατέχουσι καὶ χορεῖαι καὶ ὑμέναιοσ κῶμοί τ’ εἰλαπίναι τε καὶ ἠχήεισ θρόοσ αὐλῶν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 18:13)

Synonyms

  1. a feast or banquet

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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