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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

  • ὅτι δ’ ἄμεινον ἦν τοῖσ τοῦ σώματοσ μορίοισ τοῖσ μὲν ὑπὸ καθαροῦ καὶ λεπτοῦ καὶ ἀτμώδουσ αἵματοσ τρέφεσθαι, τοῖσ δ’ ὑπὸ παχέοσ καὶ θολεροῦ καὶ ὡσ οὐδ’ ἐνταῦθά τι παρεώραται τῇ φύσει, τῆσ περὶ χρείασ μορίων πραγματείασ ἐστίν, ὥστ’ οὐ χρὴ νῦν ὑπὲρ τούτων ἔτι λέγειν, ἀλλ’ ὑπομνήσαντασ, ὡσ δύο ἐστὸν ὁλκῆσ εἴδη, τῶν μὲν εὐρείαισ ὁδοῖσ ἐν τῷ διαστέλλεσθαι τῇ πρὸσ τὸ κενούμενον ἀκολουθίᾳ τὴν ἕλξιν ποιουμένων, τῶν δ’ οἰκειότητι ποιότητοσ, ἐφεξῆσ λέγειν, ὡσ τὰ μὲν πρότερα καὶ πόρρωθεν ἕλκειν τι δύναται, τὰ δὲ δεύτερα ἐκ τῶν ἐγγυτάτω μόνων. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 1519)

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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