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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἕλξις έ̔λξει έ̔λξεις
Genitive έ̔λξεως έ̔λξοιν έ̔λξεων
Dative έ̔λξει έ̔λξοιν έ̔λξεσιν*
Accusative έ̔λξιν έ̔λξει έ̔λξεις
Vocative έ̔λξι έ̔λξει έ̔λξεις

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

  • μιᾷ γάρ φησιν ὁ λόγοσ δεῖν τῶν ἕλξεων συνεπόμενον ἀεὶ καὶ μηδαμῇ ἀπολειπόμενον ἐκείνησ, ἀνθέλκειν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ νεύροισ ἕκαστον, ταύτην δ’ εἶναι τὴν τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἀγωγὴν χρυσῆν καὶ ἱεράν, τῆσ πόλεωσ κοινὸν νόμον ἐπικαλουμένην, ἄλλασ δὲ σκληρὰσ καὶ σιδηρᾶσ, τὴν δὲ μαλακὴν ἅτε χρυσῆν οὖσαν, τὰσ δὲ ἄλλασ παντοδαποῖσ εἴδεσιν ὁμοίασ. (Plato, Laws, book 1 123:1)
  • καὶ οὕτω δὴ περὶ θαυμάτων ὡσ ὄντων ἡμῶν ὁ μῦθοσ ἀρετῆσ σεσωμένοσ ἂν εἰή, καὶ τὸ κρείττω ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἥττω εἶναι τρόπον τινὰ φανερὸν ἂν γίγνοιτο μᾶλλον ὃ νοεῖ, καὶ ὅτι πόλιν καὶ ἰδιώτην, τὸν μὲν λόγον ἀληθῆ λαβόντα ἐν ἑαυτῷ περὶ τῶν ἕλξεων τούτων, τούτῳ ἑπόμενον δεῖ ζῆν, πόλιν δὲ ἢ παρὰ θεῶν τινοσ ἢ παρὰ τούτου τοῦ γνόντοσ ταῦτα λόγον παραλαβοῦσαν, νόμον θεμένην, αὑτῇ τε ὁμιλεῖν καὶ ταῖσ ἄλλαισ πόλεσιν. (Plato, Laws, book 1 126:1)

Synonyms

  1. a drawing

Similar forms

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

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