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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

  • ἔχοντεσ ἐξηρτυμένα πάντα τὰ πρὸσ τὴν χρείαν, ὡσ δ’ ἐπλησίαζον, ἀεὶ μᾶλλον ἐξεπλήττοντο τῷ δέει, θεωροῦντεσ ὄμμα πυρωπὸν καὶ λιχμωμένην πάντῃ τὴν γλῶτταν, ἔτι δὲ τῇ τραχύτητι τῶν φολίδων ἐν τῇ διὰ τῆσ ὕλησ πορείᾳ καὶ παρατρίψει ψόφον ἐξαίσιον κατασκευάζοντα, τὸ μέγεθόσ τε τῶν ὀδόντων ὑπερφυὲσ καὶ στόματοσ ἀγρίαν πρόσοψιν καὶ κυκλώματοσ ἀνάστημα παράδοξον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 36 6:1)
  • χαλκοῦν θώρακα ἐποιήσατο ἔχοντα ἐπὶ ἑκάστῃ τῶν φολίδων ἄγκιστρον ἐσ τὸ ἄνω νεῦον· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 26 11:1)

Synonyms

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

  2. a bandage

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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