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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

  • οὐκ ἐμέ γ’, ἀλλ’ ἔμπουσά τισ ἐξ αἵματοσ φλύκταιναν ἠμφιεσμένη. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 3:8)
  • τοῦτο δ’ ἔστ’ ἄλγιστον ἡμῖν, ἤν τισ ἀστράτευτοσ ὢν ἐκροφῇ τὸν μισθὸν ἡμῶν, τῆσδε τῆσ χώρασ ὕπερ μήτε κώπην μήτε λόγχην μήτε φλύκταιναν λαβών. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parabasis, antepirrheme8)

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