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ἕλξις

Third declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕλξις ἕλξεως

Structure: ἑλξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e(/lkw

Sense

  1. a drawing, dragging, trailing

Declension

Third 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

  • καὶ γὰρ ἕλξεισ ἢ ἐπιπηδήσεισ ποιοῦσι ταῖσ ἀπορροαῖσ, οἱ μὲν ἐμπλοκὰσ αὐτῶν οἱ δὲ πληγὰσ οἱ δ’ ὤσεισ τινὰσ καὶ περιελάσεισ ὑποτιθέμενοι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 19 7:3)
  • εἰ δ’ αὖ ἐθέλεισ εἰσ πλούτουσ ἀποβλέψαι καὶ τρυφὰσ καὶ ἐσθῆτασ ἱματίων θ’ ἕλξεισ καὶ μύρων ἀλοιφὰσ καὶ θεραπόντων πλήθουσ ἀκολουθίασ τήν τε ἄλλην ἁβρότητα τὴν Περσῶν, αἰσχυνθείησ ἂν ἐπὶ σεαυτῷ, αἰσθόμενοσ ὅσον αὐτῶν ἐλλείπεισ. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 116:3)
  • ἕλξεισ ἐκ λιμένοσ πολλὴν δρόσον οὐδὲ γὰρ αἰδὼσ οὐδ’ ἔλεοσ δαπάνῳ κόλλοπι συντρέφεται, ἐχθαίρω τὸ ποίημα τὸ κυκλικόν, οὐδὲ κελεύθῳ χαίρω τίσ πολλοὺσ ὧδε καὶ ὧδε φέρει· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 42 1:1)
  • ἕλξεισ κονιορτοῦ δέονται, ταῖσ δὲ φιλικαῖσ λαβαῖσ ὁ οἶνοσ ἁφὴν ἐνδίδωσι μιγνύμενοσ λόγῳ λόγοσ γὰρ αὐτῷ τὸ φιλάνθρωπον καὶ ἠθοποιὸν ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἐκ τοῦ σώματοσ ἐποχετεύει καὶ συνδίδωσιν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, chapter 0 9:1)
  • καὶ δὴ μετὰ τοῦτο ἡλίου τε ἦν δύσισ, ἢ καὶ ἔτι πορρωτέρω, καὶ ἐπιγίγνεται σπασμὸσ ἐπὶ τῷ πυρετῷ οὔτε τισ ῥητὸσ οὔθ’ οἱο͂ν ἄν τισ καὶ διανοηθείη, ἀλλ’ εἵλκετο πάσασ ἕλξεισ τὸ σῶμα, καὶ τὰ μὲν γόνατα ἄνω πρὸσ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐφέρετο, καὶ προσερρήγνυτο, τὰσ δὲ χεῖρασ οὐχ οἱο͂́ν τ’ ἦν κατέχειν, ἀλλ’ εἰσ τὸν τράχηλον καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον ἐνέπιπτον· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:7)

Synonyms

  1. a drawing

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

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