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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

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

  • ἀρτέον τράπεζαν, ἀπονίψαι δοτέον, προσοιστέοσ στέφανοσ, μύρον, σπονδή, λιβανωτόσ, ἐσχαρίσ, τράγημα δοτέον ἔτι, πλακοῦντοσ ἁπτέον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 50 1:2)
  • 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)
  • καί τινοσ ἐσχαρίδοσ πῦρ ἐχούσησ μέλλοντι τῷ Πορσίνᾳ θύειν κεκομισμένησ, ὑπερσχὼν τὴν δεξιὰν χεῖρα καιομένησ τῆσ σαρκὸσ εἱστήκει πρὸσ τὸν Πορσίναν ἀποβλέπων ἰταμῷ καί ἀτρέπτῳ τῷ προσώπῳ, μέχρι οὗ θαυμάσασ ἀφῆκεν αὑτὸν καί τὸ ξίφοσ ἀποδιδοὺσ ὤρεξεν ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματοσ· (Plutarch, Publicola, chapter 17 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. a pan of coals

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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