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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

  • ἐκζεστὸν δὲ καὶ λαμβανόμενον μετὰ νάπυοσ λεπτυντικώτερον εἶναι καὶ ἑλμίνθων φθαρτικόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 117)

Synonyms

  1. parasitic worm

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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