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ἐμβάφιον?

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: embaphion

Principal Part: ἐμβάφιον ἐμβάφιου

Structure: ἐμβαφι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ἐμβάπτω

Sense

  1. a flat vessel for sauces

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐμβάφιον ἐμβαφίω ἐμβάφια
Genitive ἐμβαφίου ἐμβαφίοιν ἐμβαφίων
Dative ἐμβαφίῳ ἐμβαφίοιν ἐμβαφίοις
Accusative ἐμβάφιον ἐμβαφίω ἐμβάφια
Vocative ἐμβάφιον ἐμβαφίω ἐμβάφια

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

  • τὰ δὲ λύχνα ἐστὶ ἐμβάφια ἔμπλεα ἁλὸς καὶ ἐλαίου, ἐπιπολῆς δὲ ἔπεστι αὐτὸ τὸ ἐλλύχνιον, καὶ τοῦτο καίεται παννύχιον, καὶ τῇ ὁρτῇ οὔνομα κέεται λυχνοκαΐη. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 62 2:2)

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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