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ἔχιδνα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔχιδνα ἐχίδνης

Structure: ἐχιδν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xis

Sense

  1. snake (traditionally held as a poisonous snake, viper, but perhaps also a constrictor)
  2. (figuratively) a treacherous person

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

  • τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ μηρῶν σπείρασ εἶχεν ὑπερμεγέθεισ ἐχιδνῶν, ὧν ὁλκοὶ πρὸσ αὐτὴν ἐκτεινόμενοι κορυφὴν συριγμὸν πολὺν ἐξίεσαν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 6 3:5)
  • ἀγαθὸν δὲ καὶ τὸ δι’ ἐχιδνῶν φάρμακον , μέζον τοῦ μέτρου πρὸσ τὸ ξύνηθεσ ποθέν· ἢν δὲ μήτε ὁ πόνοσ ἐνδιδῷ, μήτε φῦσα, μήτε κόπριον ἀναδοίη, τοῦ καθαρτηρίου τῆσ ἱερῆσ ὑπ’ ἀνάγκησ διδόναι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 221)
  • θρύπτειν δὲ τοὺσ λίθουσ τοῖσι πινομένοισι φαρμάκοισι · ἁπλαῖ μὲν, σίον καὶ πριονίτησ αἱ βοτάναι, ἑφθαὶ ξὺν ἐλαίῳ, ἢ ὄξεϊ ἐδωδίμῳ καὶ τῶνδε χυλὸσ προπινόμενοσ· ποικίλα δὲ ἡ Βηστίνου καλευμένη καὶ ἡ δι’ ἐχιδνῶν καὶ σκίγκου τοῦ θηρίου, ὁκόσα τε δοκέουσι ἔμμεναι τῇ πείρῃ κράτιστα· αἰῶραι τοῖσδε καὶ σείσιεσ ἐσ κίνησιν καὶ πρόωσιν τῶν λίθων. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 283)
  • πιπίσκειν δὲ καὶ τοῦ κάστοροσ συχνὸν, καὶ τῆσ Ῥίζησ τοῦ ἁλικακκ άβου ὁκόσον δραχμὴν ὁλκῆσ, καὶ τῆσ ἡδυόσμου τὸ ἕψημα· ποικίλων δὲ, τὸ διὰ τῶν δύο πεπερέων, ἡ Σύμφωνοσ, ἡ Φίλωνοσ · ἄριστον καὶ τὸ διὰ τοῦ σκίγκου τοῦ θηρίου φάρμακον ποτὸν, καὶ ἡ τοῦ Βηστίνου, καὶ ἡ διὰ τῶν ἐχιδνῶν τῶν ἑρπετῶν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 43)
  • ἔπειτα δὲ τὰ ἀλθαίνοντα τὴν γαστέρα φάρμακα ποτὰ, ὁκόσα διὰ ζιγγιβέριοσ καὶ πεπέριοσ, καὶ σελίνου τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀγρίου τοῦ ἐν πέτραισ, τὸ διὰ τῶν θηρίων τῶν ἐχιδνῶν πεπτικώτατον· ἢν δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖσι μηδὲν, ἢ σμικρὸν ἐνδιδῷ, τοῖσι ἀπὸ Ῥαφανίδων ἐμέτοισι χρέο· ἢν δὲ καὶ ἐγκρύψῃσ ταῖσδε ἐλλεβόρου τοῦ λευκοῦ Ῥίζαν ἐσ μίην νύκτα, εὐτονωτάτη ἄν σοι γένοιτο ἡ κάθαρσισ, ἔσ τε τὴν τῶν ὑγρῶν τῶν ψυχρῶν κάθαρσίν τε καὶ ἔκκρισιν, καὶ ἐσ τὴν ἔξαψιν τοῦ θερμοῦ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 67)

Synonyms

  1. snake

  2. a treacherous person

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