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φαλάγγιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: φαλάγγιον φαλάγγιου

Structure: φαλαγγι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: = fa/lagc III, Plat., Xen.

Sense

Declension

Second 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

  • οὐκ οἶσθ’ ὅτι τοῦτο τὸ θηρίον, ὃ καλοῦσι καλὸν καὶ ὡραῖον, τοσούτῳ δεινότερόν ἐστι τῶν φαλαγγίων, ὅσῳ ἐκεῖνα μὲν ἁψάμενα, τοῦτο δὲ οὐδ’ ἁπτόμενον, ἐάν τισ αὐτὸ θεᾶται, ἐνίησί τι καὶ πάνυ πρόσωθεν τοιοῦτον ὥστε μαίνεσθαι ποιεῖν; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 3 16:2)
  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ τῶν ἐπῳδῶν ἔχεών τε καὶ φαλαγγίων καὶ σκορπίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων θηρίων τε καὶ νόσων κήλησίσ ἐστιν, ἡ δὲ δικαστῶν τε καὶ ἐκκλησιαστῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὄχλων κήλησίσ τε καὶ παραμυθία τυγχάνει οὖσα· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 209:1)
  • ἔρημοσ δ’ ἐστὶ καὶ παντελῶσ ἄβατοσ, οὐκ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ σπανίζουσα τοῦ γένουσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλ’ ἐν τοῖσ ὕστερον χρόνοισ ἔκ τινοσ ἐπομβρίασ ἀκαίρου πλῆθοσ φαλαγγίων καὶ σκορπίων ἐξενέγκασα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 30 1:2)
  • τῶν δὲ φαλαγγίων τὰ μὲν ποιεῖ γελῶντασ ἀποθνήσκειν, τὰ δὲ κλαίοντασ πόθῳ τῶν οἰκείων. (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 4 8:5)
  • τούτων δ’ ἔρημοσ ὑπέρκειται μεγάλη, νομὰσ δαψιλεῖσ ἔχουσα, ἐκλειφθεῖσα δ’ ὑπὸ πλήθουσ σκορπίων καὶ φαλαγγίων τῶν τετραγνάθων καλουμένων, ἐπιπολάσαντόσ ποτε καὶ ἀπεργασαμένου τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ φυγὴν παντελῆ. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 24:9)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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