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ἐλάτη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλάτη

Structure: ἐλατ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. the silver fir, pinus picea
  2. an oar, a ship or boat

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

  • κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ χρυσίον καιφάζ, βόστρυχοι αὐτοῦ ἐλάται, μέλανεσ ὡσ κόραξ. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 5:11)
  • κυπάρισσοι τοιαῦται οὐκ ἐγενήθησαν ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ πίτυεσ οὐχ ὅμοιαι ταῖσ παραφυάσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλάται οὐκ ἐγένοντο ὅμοιαι τοῖσ κλάδοισ αὐτοῦ. πᾶν ξύλον ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐχ ὡμοιώθη αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ κάλλει αὐτοῦ (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 31:8)
  • τῇσι δ’ ἅμ’ ἢ ἐλάται ἠὲ δρύεσ ὑψικάρηνοι γεινομένῃσιν ἔφυσαν ἐπὶ χθονὶ βωτιανείρῃ, καλαί, τηλεθάουσαι, ἐν οὔρεσιν ὑψηλοῖσιν. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 27:8)
  • τέμνων δὴ τὰσ ἐλάτασ ̔πολλαὶ γὰρ καὶ ὑπερύψηλοι ἐλάται ἦσαν ἐν κύκλῳ τοῦ ὄρουσ̓ κλίμακασ ἐκ τούτων ἐποίει, ὡσ κάθοδον εἶναι ἐσ τὴν φάραγγα τῇ στρατιᾷ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 21 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. an oar

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

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