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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

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)
  • μάλα δ’ ἔμπεδον εὖ ἀραρυῖαν τυκτὴν ἐξ ἀδάμαντοσ ἐπιθύνεσκεν ἐχέτλην. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 21:40)
  • ἄλλοισιν μελέτω Τριπτολέμοιο γέρα, ᾗχι βόεσ, καὶ ἄροτρα, καὶ ἱστοβοεύσ, καὶ ἐχέτλη, καὶ στάχυσ, ἁρπαμένησ ἴχνια Φερσεφόνησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 592)
  • φεῦγε θαλάσσια ἔργα, βοῶν δ’ ἐπιβάλλευ ἐχέτλῃ, εἲ τί τοι ἡδὺ μακρῆσ πείρατ’ ἰδεῖν βιοτῆσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6501)

Synonyms

  1. a plough-handle

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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