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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

  • εὔχεσθαι δὲ Διὶ χθονίῳ Δημήτερί θ’ ἁγνῇ, ἐκτελέα βρίθειν Δημήτεροσ ἱερὸν ἀκτήν, ἀρχόμενοσ τὰ πρῶτ’ ἀρότου, ὅτ’ ἂν ἄκρον ἐχέτλησ χειρὶ λαβὼν ὁρ́πηκα βοῶν ἐπὶ νῶτον ἵκηαι ἔνδρυον ἑλκόντων μεσάβων. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 53:1)
  • πολλὰ γὰρ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα μόθου ἑτεραλκέϊ κλωγμῷ ταρφέοσ ἄκρα κόρυμβα καταπλήσσουσιν ἐχέτλησ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 31:2)
  • ἐχέτλησ ἐχόμενον, Ὅμηροσ δὲ τὸν Αἰάντά φησι τῷ Ἕκτορι μέλλοντα μονομαχεῖν εὔχεσθαι κελεύειν τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ τοῖσ θεοῖσ, εἶτ’ εὐχομένων ἐκείνων ὁπλίζεσθαι. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 8 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. a plough-handle

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