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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

  • 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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