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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

  • συλλεξάμενοι δὲ τὰσ ὁπλὰσ ἐκκαθήραντέσ τε καὶ διελόντεσ ποιοῦσιν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ἐμφερῆ δρακόντων φολίσιν· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 21 9:4)

Synonyms

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

  2. a bandage

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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