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φλύκταινα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φλύκταινα φλυκταίνᾱς

Structure: φλυκταιν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: fle/w

Sense

  1. blister

Declension

First 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 ἔστιν οἷσι φλύκταιναι ἀνίστανται ὥσπερ τοῖσ ἀπὸ πυρὸσ κατακεκαυμένοισ. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xvi.12)
  • Πρῶτον μὲν, ὁ πυρετὸσ οὐκ ἀφίησιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν μὲν ἡμέρην λεπτὸσ ἴσχει, τὴν δὲ νύκτα πλείων, καὶ ἱδρῶτεσ πολλοὶ ἐπιγίγνονται, βῆξαί τε θυμὸσ ἐγγίγνεται αὐ ισιν, καὶ ἀποπτύουσιν οὐδὲν ἄξιον λόγου, καὶ οἱ μὲν ὀφθαλμοὶ ἔ κοιλοι γίγνονται, αἱ δὲ γνάθοι ἐρυθήματα ἴσχουσι, καὶ οἱ μὲν ὄνυχεσ τῶν χειρῶν γρυποῦνται, οἱ δὲ δάκτυλοι θερμαίνονται, καὶ μάλιστα οἱ ἄκροι, καὶ ἐν τοῖσι ποσὶν οἰδήματα γίγνεται, καὶ σιτίων οὐκ ἐπιθυμέουσι, καὶ φλύκταιναι γίγνονται ἀνὰ τὸ σῶμα. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., PROGNWSTIKON, 17.2)
  • εἶτ’ ἐπεγίνοντο δυσεντερία καὶ φλύκταιναι περὶ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν ὅλην τοῦ σώματοσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 71 2:3)
  • Ὅταν δ’ ἤδη ὑπόπυον ᾖ, ἐπὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ φλυκταῖναι γίνονται, καὶ παραφρονέων τελευτᾷ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 19.4)

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