ἔχμα
Third declension Noun; Neuter
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἔχμα
ἔχματος
Structure:
ἐχματ
(Stem)
Sense
- that which holds;
- a hindrance, obstacle
- a bulwark, defence against
- a hold-fast, stay, bands, stays, props for the ships
Declension
Third 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.
- κρόσσασ μὲν πύργων ἔρυον, καὶ ἔρειπον ἐπάλξεισ, στήλασ τε προβλῆτασ ἐμόχλεον, ἃσ ἄρ’ Ἀχαιοὶ πρώτασ ἐν γαίῃ θέσαν ἔμμεναι ἔχματα πύργων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 18:5)
- Τρῶεσ δὲ προὔτυψαν ἀολλέεσ, ἦρχε δ’ ἄρ’ Ἕκτωρ ἀντικρὺ μεμαώσ, ὀλοοίτροχοσ ὣσ ἀπὸ πέτρησ, ὅν τε κατὰ στεφάνησ ποταμὸσ χειμάρροοσ ὤσῃ ῥήξασ ἀσπέτῳ ὄμβρῳ ἀναιδέοσ ἔχματα πέτρησ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 15:1)
- τὸν μὲν ἔπειτ’ ἀπιόντα μέγασ Τελαμώνιοσ Αἰάσ χερμαδίῳ, τά ῥα πολλὰ θοάων ἔχματα νηῶν πὰρ ποσὶ μαρναμένων ἐκυλίνδετο, τῶν ἓν ἀείρασ στῆθοσ βεβλήκει ὑπὲρ ἄντυγοσ ἀγχόθι δειρῆσ, στρόμβον δ’ ὣσ ἔσσευε βαλών, περὶ δ’ ἔδραμε πάντῃ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 14 45:4)
- ὡσ δ’ ὅτ’ ἀνὴρ ὀχετηγὸσ ἀπὸ κρήνησ μελανύδρου ἂμ φυτὰ καὶ κήπουσ ὕδατι ῥόον ἡγεμονεύῃ χερσὶ μάκελλαν ἔχων, ἀμάρησ ἐξ ἔχματα βάλλων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 21 20:13)
Synonyms
-
that which holds
- παγίς (which holds, fast)
- ὄχος (anything which holds, bears)
-
a hindrance
-
a bulwark
- πρόβολος (a defence, bulwark, a shield)
- κώλυμα (a defence against, precaution)
- ἄλκαρ (a safeguard, defence, defence)
- προβολή (a thing held before one as a defence, a fence, screen)
