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εἴλη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἴλη

Structure: εἰλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: = i)/lh, Hdt.

Sense

  1. troops

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

  • μετ’ ὀλίγον δὲ τῶν περὶ Πτολεμαῖον καὶ Σέλευκον περιιππευσάντων τὸ κέρασ καὶ βιαιότερον ἐπενεχθέντων ὀρθαῖσ ταῖσ εἴλαισ συνέστη καρτερὰ μάχη διὰ τὰσ ἑκατέρων προθυμίασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 83 4:1)
  • διὸ καὶ πολλῶν ἡγεμόνων ἀναιρεθέντων καὶ τῶν Περσικῶν τάξεων ἁπασῶν ὑπὸ τῶν Μακεδόνων ἡττωμένων πρῶτον μὲν οἱ κατὰ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον τεταγμένοι φυγεῖν ἠναγκάσθησαν, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τραπέντων ὁ μὲν βασιλεὺσ ὁμολογούμενον τῆσ ἀνδραγαθίασ τὸ πρωτεῖον ἀπηνέγκατο καὶ τῆσ ὅλησ νίκησ ἔδοξε μάλιστ’ αἴτιοσ γεγονέναι, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον οἱ τῶν Θετταλῶν ἱππεῖσ ἄριστα ταῖσ εἴλαισ χρώμενοι καὶ διαφόρωσ ἀγωνισάμενοι μεγάλην ἐπ’ ἀνδρείᾳ δόξαν ἔσχον. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 19 19:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ Μαζαῖοσ ὁ τῶν ἱππέων ἡγούμενοσ πυκναῖσ ταῖσ εἴλαισ σὺν τοῖσ δρεπανηφόροισ ἐπήλαυνε, καταπληκτικωτέραν ποιῶν τὴν ἐπιφορὰν τῶν δρεπανηφόρων. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 57 10:2)
  • ὁ δὲ Παρμενίων ταῖσ τῶν Θετταλῶν εἴλαισ χρώμενοσ ἐμπειρότατα καὶ πολλοὺσ καταβαλὼν μόλισ ἐτρέψατο τοὺσ βαρβάρουσ, μάλιστα καταπλαγέντασ τῇ κατὰ τὸν Δαρεῖον φυγῇ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 60 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. troops

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

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