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ἕρμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕρμα ἕρματος

Structure: ἑρματ (Stem)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.) ei)/rw

Sense

  1. prop, support, foundation, stay (of a ship)
  2. defense, cause
  3. reef, rock
  4. hill
  5. pendant of the ear, earring

Declension

Third 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

  • μεγάλην πολὺ πνεῦμα καὶ σάλον ἔχουσαν ἑρ́ματοσ πολλοῦ καὶ κυβερνήτου μεγάλου δεόμενον. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 5 8:1)
  • μὰ Δί’ ἀλλ’ ἵν’ οἱ λῃσταί τε μὴ λυπῶσί με, μετὰ τῶν γεράνων τ’ ἐκεῖθεν ἀναχωρῶ πάλιν, ἀνθ’ ἑρ́ματοσ πολλὰσ καταπεπωκὼσ δίκασ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric16)
  • ἀλλὰ ἵναπερ μαλθακὸν ἦν τοῦ ἑρ́ματοσ, ταύτῃ διώρυχα ποιήσαντεσ ἐπὶ σταδίουσ πέντε, διῆγον τὰσ νέασ, ἐπειδὴ ἡ πλήμμυρα ἐπῆλθεν ἡ ἐκ τοῦ πόντου. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 21 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. prop

  2. defense

  3. hill

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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