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ἔλυτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔλυτρον ἐλύτρου

Structure: ἐλυτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: e)lu/w II

Sense

  1. cover, case
  2. sheath
  3. cistern, reservoir

Declension

Second 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

  • τοὺσ δ’ ἐκ τῶν ἀφράκτων ὁρῶν ἀνόπλουσ ὄντασ τὰ τῶν ἀσπίδων ἔλυτρα ῥάβδοισ διέτεινε καὶ τῇ φαντασίᾳ τὸν τῆσ ἀσπίδοσ κύκλον μιμησάμενοσ ἀνέδωκεν αὐτοῖσ πρὸσ μὲν τὴν χρείαν οὐδαμῶσ ἐπιτήδεια, πρὸσ δὲ τὴν πόρρωθεν ὁρωμένην ὄψιν δυνάμενα δόξαν ὅπλων ἐμποιῆσαι τοῖσ ἀγνοοῦσι τἀληθέσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 11 2:2)
  • ὁ νότοσ σφι πνέων ἄνεμοσ τὰ ἔλυτρα τῶν ὑδάτων ἐξηύηνε, ἡ δὲ χώρη σφι ἅπασα ἐντὸσ ἐοῦσα τῆσ Σύρτιοσ ἦν ἄνυδροσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 173 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. cover

  2. sheath

  3. cistern

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