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φθογγή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φθογγή

Structure: φθογγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: = fqo/ggos, Hom., etc.

Sense

Declension

First 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

  • φθογγῇ δ’ ἑπέσθω πρῶτα μὲν τὸ μὴ θρασύ, τὸ μὴ μάταιον δ’ ἐκ μετωποσωφρόνων ἴτω προσώπων ὄμματοσ παρ’ ἡσύχου. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 1:7)
  • φθογγῇ δ’ οὐ προύβαινε παροιτέρω· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 12:11)
  • " Ὧσ ἄρ’ ἔφαν, καὶ ἄφαντοι ἵν’ ἔσταθεν, ἔνθ’ ἄρα ταίγε φθογγῇ ὁμοῦ ἐγένοντο παρασχεδόν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 21:10)
  • αἱ δὲ βαρείῃ φθογγῇ ὑποτρομέουσιν ἀν’ οὔρεα τηλόθι βῆσσαι· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 21:17)
  • παρ’ ἡμῖν μὲν γὰρ ἀετοῦ μέγεθοσ ἴσχει καὶ φθέγγεται βαρύ, ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δὲ κολοιοῦ μέγεθοσ καὶ φθογγὴ διάφοροσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 2 7:13)

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

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