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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

  • ἐν τούτῳ δὲ Ποσειδώνιοσ ἱστορεῖ τὸν δράκοντα πεπτωκότα ὁραθῆναι νεκρόν, μῆκοσ σχεδόν τι καὶ πλεθριαῖον, πάχοσ δ’ ὥσθ’ ἱππέασ ἑκατέρωθεν παραστάντασ ἀλλήλουσ μὴ καθορᾶν, χάσμα δὲ ὥστ’ ἔφιππον δέξασθαι, τῆσ δὲ φολίδοσ λεπίδα ἑκάστην ὑπεραίρουσαν θυρεοῦ. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 34:2)

Synonyms

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

  2. a bandage

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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