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φθέγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φθέγμα φθέγματος

Structure: φθεγματ (Stem)

Sense

  1. the sound of the voice, a voice
  2. language, speech
  3. a saying, word
  4. cries, roaring, grinding

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

  • ἢν λαλῇσ δ’, ὅπωσ τῷ φθέγματι γυναικιεῖσ εὖ καὶ πιθανῶσ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 3:2)
  • εἰμὶ δ’ ἄσχολοσ ἀναθέμεν πᾶσαν μακραγορίαν λύρᾳ τε καὶ φθέγματι μαλθακῷ, μὴ κόροσ ἐλθὼν κνίσῃ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 8 9:1)
  • μαζὸσ ὑπεκλίνθη, πέσον ὀφρύεσ, ὄμμα τέτηκται, χείλεα βαμβαίνει φθέγματι γηραλέῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 273 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. the sound of the voice

  2. language

  3. a saying

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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