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ἐπιβλής

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιβλής ἐπιβλῆτος

Structure: ἐπιβλητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)piba/llw

Sense

  1. a bar fitting into

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπιβλής ἐπιβλῆτε ἐπιβλῆτες
Genitive ἐπιβλῆτος ἐπιβλήτοιν ἐπιβλήτων
Dative ἐπιβλῆτι ἐπιβλήτοιν ἐπιβλῆσιν*
Accusative ἐπιβλῆτα ἐπιβλῆτε ἐπιβλῆτας
Vocative ἐπιβλή ἐπιβλῆτε ἐπιβλῆτες

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

  • τοῖα δ’ ἔλεξα τρέμων τοῦ σοῦ ἀνακροῦσαι δύναμαι πυλεῶνοσ ὀχῆασ, δικλίδοσ ὑμετέρησ τὴν βάλανον χαλάσασ, καὶ δισσῶν προθύρων πλαδαρὴν κρηπῖδα περῆσαι, ἄκρον ἐπιβλῆτοσ μεσσόθι πηξάμενοσ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2423)
  • Πέτροσ ἐγὼ τὸ πάλαι γυρὴ καὶ ἄτριπτοσ ἐπιβλὴσ τὴν Ἡρακλείτου ἔνδον ἔχω κεφαλὴν αἰών μ’ ἔτριψεν κροκάλαισ ἴσον ἐν γὰρ ἀμάξῃ παμφόρῳ αἰζηῶν εἰνοδίη τέταμαι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4791)
  • θύρην δ’ ἔχε μοῦνοσ ἐπιβλὴσ εἰλάτινοσ, τὸν τρεῖσ μὲν ἐπιρρήσσεσκον Ἀχαιοί, τρεῖσ δ’ ἀναοίγεσκον μεγάλην κληῖ̈δα θυράων τῶν ἄλλων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 46:6)

Synonyms

  1. a bar fitting into

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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