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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

  • ἐπὶ δὲ τῇ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ φάλαγγι τετάχθω τὸ σημεῖον τῆσ δωδεκάτησ φάλαγγοσ, καὶ χιλίαρχοι ἀμφ̓ αὐτῷ καὶ ἑκατόνταρχοι. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 9:1)
  • τὸ δὲ τῇ μέσῃ φάλαγγι, λόχοι ἕξ μημιον. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 28:1)
  • καὶ ἐλπὶσ μὲν ὑπὸ ἀδιηγήτου πλήθουσ τῶν βελῶν μὴ ἐπὶ πλέον πελάσειν τῇ πεζικῇ φάλαγγι ἐπελαύνοντασ τοὺσ Σκύθασ· (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 35:1)
  • εἰρήνην δεῖ καὶ οὐ λόγον ἀντιτάττειν τῇ τῶν Μακεδόνων φάλαγγι· (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 29:1)
  • πρόσταξιν δέ, ὅταν ἢ ἐξ ἑκατέρων τῶν μερῶν τῆσ τάξεωσ ἢ ἐκ θατέρου κατὰ τὸ κέρασ αὐτὸ προστεθῇ τι στῖφοσ τῇ πάσῃ φάλαγγι κατ̓ εὐθὺ τοῦ μετώπου τῆσ τάξεωσ. (Arrian, chapter 26 7:1)

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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