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φάλαγξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φάλαγξ φάλαγγος

Structure: φαλαγγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. battle order, array
  2. line or rank of an army
  3. phalanx: a clustered mass of infantry
  4. main body, center (as opposed to the periphery)
  5. round piece of wood: trunk, log
  6. (in the plural) rollers (Latin: palangae)
  7. the beam of a balance
  8. the bone between two joints of a finger or toe
  9. spider

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.

Examples

  • αἵ θ’ ὑπωρόφιοι κατὰ γωνίασ εἱειειειλίσσετε δακτύλοισ φάλαγγεσ ἱστόπονα πηνίσματα, κερκίδοσ ἀοιδοῦ μελέτασ, ἵν’ ὁ φίλαυλοσ ἔπαλλε δελφὶσ πρῴραισ κυανεμβόλοισ μαντεῖα καὶ σταδίουσ, οἰνάνθασ γάνοσ ἀμπέλου, βότρυοσ ἕλικα παυσίπονον. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, lyric2)
  • οἷσ καθισταμένοισ εἰσ τάξιν αἱ τῶν χαλκασπίδων ἐπανατέλλουσαι φάλαγγεσ ἐκ τοῦ χάρακοσ ἐνέπλησαν αὐγῆσ σιδήρου καὶ λαμπηδόνοσ χαλκοῦ τὸ πεδίον, κραυγῆσ δὲ καὶ θορύβου παρακελευομένων τὴν ὀρεινήν. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 18 4:1)
  • ἃσ ὁ μάγειροσ θῆκε φέρων, ἵν’ Ἀθηναίων κατέκειντο φάλαγγεσ Χαιρεφόων δ’ ἐνόησεν ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω ὄρνιθασ γνῶναι καὶ ἐναίσιμα σιτίζεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 12 16:3)
  • Αἰάσ δ’ ἐκ Σαλαμῖνοσ ἄγεν δυοκαίδεκα νῆασ, στῆσε δ’ ἄγων ἵν’ Ἀθηναίων ἵσταντο φάλαγγεσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 10 1:4)
  • αἱ δ’ ἄρ’ ὑπὸ τρόπιδι στιβαρῇ στενάχοντο φάλαγγεσ τριβόμεναι περὶ δέ σφιν ἀιδνὴ κήκιε λιγνὺσ βριθοσύνῃ, κατόλισθε δ’ ἔσω ἁλόσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 7:42)

Synonyms

  1. battle order

  2. line or rank of an army

  3. round piece of wood

  4. rollers

  5. the beam of a balance

  6. the bone between two joints of a finger or toe

  7. spider

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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