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ἐρίπνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρίπνη

Structure: ἐριπν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)rei/pw

Sense

  1. a broken cliff, crag, scaur, a steep side, sheer ascent

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐρίπνη ἐρίπνᾱ ἐρίπναι
Genitive ἐρίπνης ἐρίπναιν ἐριπνῶν
Dative ἐρίπνῃ ἐρίπναιν ἐρίπναις
Accusative ἐρίπνην ἐρίπνᾱ ἐρίπνᾱς
Vocative ἐρίπνη ἐρίπνᾱ ἐρίπναι

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

  • ἄρτι μὲν Ἰδαίην ὑπερέδραμον οὔρεοσ ἄκρην, ἔνθα λιθοκρήδεμνον ὑπὸ πρηῶνοσ ἐρίπνην κουρίζων ἐνόμευε Πάρισ πατρώια μῆλα. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 153)
  • Ζήτησ δ’ ἱεμένοισιν, ἔτ’ ἄσπετον ἐκ καμάτοιο ἆσθμ’ ἀναφυσιόων, μετεφώνεεν, ὅσσον ἄπωθεν ἤλασαν, ἠδ’ ὡσ ͂Ἰρισ ἐρύκακε τάσδε δαΐξαι, ὁρ́κιά τ’ εὐμενέουσα θεὰ πόρεν, αἱ δ’ ὑπέδυσαν δείματι Δικταίησ περιώσιον ἄντρον ἐρίπνησ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 7:20)
  • καὶ δὴ Καυκασίων ὀρέων ἀνέτελλον ἐρίπναι ἠλίβατοι, τόθι γυῖα περὶ στυφελοῖσι πάγοισιν ἰλλόμενοσ χαλκέῃσιν ἀλυκτοπέδῃσι Προμηθεὺσ αἰετὸν ἥπατι φέρβε παλιμπετὲσ ἀίσσοντα. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 21:9)

Synonyms

  1. a broken cliff

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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