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εἰρήνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰρήνη εἰρήνης

Structure: εἰρην (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. peace

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

  • τόθεν γὰρ πυθμένεσ θάλλουσιν ἐσθλ[ῶν, τοὺσ ὁ μεγιστοπάτωρ Ζεὺσ ἀκινήτουσ ἐν εἰρήν[ᾳ φυλάσσοι. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 15:3)
  • ἄστεά τ’ εὐσεβέων ἀνδρῶν ἐν εἰρήνᾳ φυλάσσει· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 13 42:1)
  • Δίκα καὶ ὁμότροφοσ Εἰρήνα, ταμίαι ἀνδράσι πλούτου, χρύσεαι παῖδεσ εὐβούλου Θέμιτοσ· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 13 2:1)
  • ὁμογνωμονεῖν δὲ τῷ ποιητῇ καὶ τὸν Εὐριπίδην, ἐν οἷσ φησιν, εἰρήνα βαθύπλουτε, καλλίστα μακάρων θεῶν, ζῆλόσ μοι σέθεν, ὡσ χρονίζεισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 12, chapter 26 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. peace

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