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ἐχέτλη?

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: echetlē

Principal Part: ἐχέτλη ἐχέτλης

Structure: ἐχετλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ἔχω

Sense

  1. a plough-handle

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐχέτλη ἐχέτλα ἐχέτλαι
Genitive ἐχέτλης ἐχέτλαιν ἐχετλῶν
Dative ἐχέτλῃ ἐχέτλαιν ἐχέτλαις
Accusative ἐχέτλην ἐχέτλα ἐχέτλας
Vocative ἐχέτλη ἐχέτλα 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 ὁρ´πηκα 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

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