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ἐχέτλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐχέτλη ἐχέτλης

Structure: ἐχετλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. a plough-handle

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐχέτλη ἐχέτλᾱ ἐχέτλαι
Genitive ἐχέτλης ἐχέτλαιν ἐχετλῶν
Dative ἐχέτλῃ ἐχέτλαιν ἐχέτλαις
Accusative ἐχέτλην ἐχέτλᾱ ἐχέτλᾱς
Vocative ἐχέτλη ἐχέτλᾱ ἐχέτλαι

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

  • μάλα δ’ ἔμπεδον εὖ ἀραρυῖαν τυκτὴν ἐξ ἀδάμαντοσ ἐπιθύνεσκεν ἐχέτλην. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 21:40)
  • πολυπραγμονήσαντα δὲ ἐλθεῖν εἰσ τὴν κώμην καὶ εὑρεῖν αὐτὸν θέρουσ ἐχέτλην ἀρότρῳ προσαρμόττοντα, καὶ εἰπεῖν, "ἀλλ’, ὦ Μύσων, οὐχ ὡρ́α νῦν ἀρότρου. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. q'. MUSWN 1:5)
  • ὅτι ὁ Σόλων πολυπραγμονήσασ τὸν τόπον ἐν ᾧ διέτριβε Μύσων, κατέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆσ ἅλω πρὸσ ἄροτρον προσβαλόντα ἐχέτλην, καὶ πειραθεὶσ τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ ἔφη, οὐχ ὡρ́α νῦν ἀρότρου, ὦ Μύσων, καὶ οὗτοσ, οὐ χρῆσθαι, εἶπεν, ἀλλ’ ἐπισκευάζειν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri ix, chapter 8 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a plough-handle

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