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ἐσχαρίς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐσχαρίς ἐσχαρίδος

Structure: ἐσχαριδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)sxa/ra

Sense

  1. a pan of coals

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐσχαρίς ἐσχαρίδε ἐσχαρίδες
Genitive ἐσχαρίδος ἐσχαρίδοιν ἐσχαρίδων
Dative ἐσχαρίδι ἐσχαρίδοιν ἐσχαρίσιν*
Accusative ἐσχαρίδα ἐσχαρίδε ἐσχαρίδας
Vocative ἐσχαρί ἐσχαρίδε ἐσχαρίδες

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

  • ἄλλων δὲ δημάρχων οὐκ ἐώντων, ὁ μὲν ὑπηρέτησ ἀφῆκε τὸν Κράσσον, ὁ δ’ Ἀτήιοσ προδραμὼν ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην ἔθηκεν ἐσχαρίδα καιομένην, καὶ τοῦ Κράσσου γενομένου κατ’ αὐτήν ἐπιθυμιῶν καὶ κατασπένδων ἀρὰσ ἐπηρᾶτο δεινὰσ μὲν αὐτὰσ καὶ φρικώδεισ, δεινοὺσ δέ τινασ θεοὺσ καὶ ἀλλοκότουσ ἐπ’ αὐταῖσ καλῶν καὶ ὀνομάζων ταύτασ φασὶ Ῥωμαῖοι τὰσ ἀρὰσ ἀποθέτουσ καὶ παλαιὰσ τοιαύτην ἔχειν δύναμιν ὡσ περιφυγεῖν μηδένα τῶν ἐνσχεθέντων αὐταῖσ, κακῶσ δὲ πράσσειν καὶ τὸν χρησάμενον, ὅθεν οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῖσ τυχοῦσιν αὐτὰσ οὐδ’ ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἀρᾶσθαι. (Plutarch, chapter 16 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. a pan of coals

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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