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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

  • καὶ διεῖλον τὰ θηρία εἰσ τὰσ φάλαγγασ καὶ παρέστησαν ἑκάστῳ ἐλέφαντι χιλίουσ ἄνδρασ τεθωρακισμένουσ ἐν ἁλυσιδωτοῖσ, καὶ περικεφαλαῖαι χαλκαῖ ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ πεντακόσιοι ἵπποι διατεταγμένοι ἑκάστῳ θηρίῳ ἐκλελεγμένοι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:35)
  • ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἂν φθάνοι τισ ἁπάσασ ἀναιρῶν τὰσ τοιαύτασ προστασίασ, καὶ οὔτε οἱ τοσαῦτα ἔθνη ἐπιτροπεύοντεσ οὔθ̓ οἱ τὰσ πόλεισ ἁρμόττοντεσ οὔθ̓ οἱ τὰσ φάλαγγασ ἢ στρατόπεδα ὅλα ἐγχειριζόμενοι ὀρθῶσ ποιήσουσιν, ἐπεὶ καὶ μισθὸσ αὐτῶν τῷ ἔργῳ πρόσεστιν. (Lucian, Apologia 27:2)
  • καὶ ἁπανταχοῦ πώγων βαθὺσ καὶ βιβλίον ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ, καὶ πάντεσ ὑπὲρ σοῦ φιλοσοφοῦσι, μεστοὶ δὲ οἱ περίπατοι κατὰ ἴλασ καὶ φάλαγγασ ἀλλήλοισ ἀπαντώντων, καὶ οὐδεὶσ ὅστισ οὐ τρόφιμοσ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ εἶναι δοκεῖν βούλεται. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 6:3)
  • ἔνθα κάρυκεσ δι’ εὐ‐ ρεῖαν πόλιν ὀρνύμενοι Τρώων ἀόλλιζον φάλαγγασ δεξίστρατον εἰσ ἀγοράν. (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 15 4:2)
  • Τιτῆνεσ δ’ ἑτέρωθεν ἐκαρτύναντο φάλαγγασ προφρονέωσ, χειρῶν τε βίησ θ’ ἅμα ἔργον ἔφαινον ἀμφότεροι· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 65:7)

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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