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φολίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φολίς φολίδος

Structure: φολιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. (of reptiles) horny scale (opposed to λεπίς ‎(lepís), used of fish’s scales)
  2. spot on a panther’s or leopard’s skin
  3. (in the phrase φολὶς λιθοκόλλητος) a ceiling in mosaic work
  4. a bandage

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

  • ^ ἡ γαστὴρ δὲ ὠχύρωται καὶ αὐτῇ ^ καὶ θώρακι ἐοίκεν ζώνασ πλατείασ καὶ φολίδασ ἔχουσα. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 3:3)
  • ἑτέρων δὲ φολίδασ τινὰσ διατρεχούσασ ἢ μώλωπασ ἀραιούσ· (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 22 23:2)
  • Γῆ δὲ περὶ Τιτάνων ἀγανακτοῦσα γεννᾷ Γίγαντασ ἐξ Οὐρανοῦ, μεγέθει μὲν σωμάτων ἀνυπερβλήτουσ, δυνάμει δὲ ἀκαταγωνίστουσ, οἳ φοβεροὶ μὲν ταῖσ ὄψεσι κατεφαίνοντο, καθειμένοι βαθεῖαν κόμην ἐκ κεφαλῆσ καὶ γενείων, εἶχον δὲ τὰσ βάσεισ φολίδασ δρακόντων. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 6 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. spot on a panther’s or leopard’s skin

  2. a bandage

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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