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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

  • ἴσωσ δέ γ’, ὦ θαυμάσιε, πλείω ἂν τοιαῦτ’ ἔπαθεσ εἴ τίσ σε προσηρώτα εἰ ἐπίστασθαι ἔστι μὲν ὀξύ, ἔστι δὲ ἀμβλύ, καὶ ἐγγύθεν μὲν ἐπίστασθαι, πόρρωθεν δὲ μή, καὶ σφόδρα καὶ ἠρέμα τὸ αὐτό, καὶ ἄλλα μυρία, ἃ ἐλλοχῶν ἂν πελταστικὸσ ἀνὴρ μισθοφόροσ ἐν λόγοισ ἐρόμενοσ, ἡνίκ’ ἐπιστήμην καὶ αἴσθησιν ταὐτὸν ἔθου, ἐμβαλὼν ἂν εἰσ τὸ ἀκούειν καὶ ὀσφραίνεσθαι καὶ τὰσ τοιαύτασ αἰσθήσεισ, ἤλεγχεν ἂν ἐπέχων καὶ οὐκ ἀνιεὶσ πρὶν θαυμάσασ τὴν πολυάρατον σοφίαν συνεποδίσθησ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ, οὗ δή σε χειρωσάμενόσ τε καὶ συνδήσασ ἤδη ἂν τότε ἐλύτρου χρημάτων ὅσων σοί τε κἀκείνῳ ἐδόκει. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 144:2)

Synonyms

  1. cover

  2. sheath

  3. cistern

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