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εἰρεσιώνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰρεσιώνη

Structure: εἰρεσιων (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=ros

Sense

  1. a harvest-wreath, wound round with wool

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

  • ἐὰν γὰρ αὐτὴν εἷσ μόνοσ σπινθὴρ λάβῃ ὥσπερ παλαιὰν εἰρεσιώνην καύσεται. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 2:3)
  • τὴν εἰρεσιώνην μου κατεσπαράξατε. (Aristotle, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:3)
  • ἀνάβαιν’ ἀνύσασ κατὰ τὴν ἑτέραν καὶ ταῖσιν φυλλάσι παῖε, ἤν πωσ πρύμνην ἀνακρούσηται πληγεὶσ ταῖσ εἰρεσιώναισ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, antepirrheme22)
  • τὴν δὲ εἰρεσιώνην ἐκφέρουσι κλάδον ἐλαίασ ἐρίῳ μὲν ἀνεστεμμένον, ὥσπερ τότε τὴν ἱκετηρίαν, παντοδαπῶν δὲ ἀνάπλεων καταργμάτων διὰ τὸ λῆξαι τὴν ἀφορίαν, ἐπᾴδοντεσ· (Plutarch, chapter 22 5:1)
  • εἰρεσιώνη σῦκα φέρει καὶ πίονασ ἄρτουσ καὶ μέλι ἐν κοτύλῃ καὶ ἔλαιον ἀποψήσασθαι καὶ κύλικ’ εὔζωρον, ὡσ ἂν μεθύουσα καθεύδῃ. (Plutarch, chapter 22 5:2)

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

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