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ἕλμινς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕλμινς ἕλμινθος

Structure: ἑλμινθ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. parasitic worm

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

  • Πρεσβυτέροισι δὲ γενομένοισι, παρίσθμια, σπονδύλου τοῦ κατὰ τὸ ἰνίον εἴσω ὤσιεσ, ἄσθματα, λιθιάσιεσ, ἕλμινθεσ στρογγύλαι, ἀσκαρίδεσ, ἀκροχορδόνεσ, σατυριασμοὶ, χοιράδεσ, καὶ τἄλλα φύματα, μάλιστα δὲ τὰ προειρημένα. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., AFORISMOI., 31.27)

Synonyms

  1. parasitic worm

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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