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φύλλον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φύλλον φύλλου

Structure: φυλλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: fle/w

Sense

  1. leaf
  2. (in the plural) foliage
  3. plant

Declension

Second 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

  • ἄγε δὴ φύσιν ἄνδρεσ ἀμαυρόβιοι, φύλλων γενεᾷ προσόμοιοι, ὀλιγοδρανέεσ, πλάσματα πηλοῦ, σκιοειδέα φῦλ’ ἀμενηνά, ἀπτῆνεσ ἐφημέριοι ταλαοὶ βροτοὶ ἀνέρεσ εἰκελόνειροι, προσέχετε τὸν νοῦν τοῖσ ἀθανάτοισ ἡμῖν τοῖσ αἰὲν ἐοῦσιν, τοῖσ αἰθερίοισ τοῖσιν ἀγήρῳσ τοῖσ ἄφθιτα μηδομένοισιν, ἵν’ ἀκούσαντεσ πάντα παρ’ ἡμῶν ὀρθῶσ περὶ τῶν μετεώρων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, parabasis1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀνθηρῶν λειμώνων φύλλων <τ’> ἐν κόλποισ ναίω, ἡνίκ’ ἂν ὁ θεσπέσιοσ ὀξὺ μέλοσ ἀχέτασ θάλπεσι μεσημβρινοῖσ ἡλιομανὴσ βοᾷ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, antistrophe 13)
  • ἀπὸ δὲ φύλλων τὸ μύρρινον καὶ τὸ οἰνάνθινον· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 4:45)
  • Δίφιλοσ δέ φησιν ὡσ ὁ τῆσ θρίδακοσ καυλὸσ πολύτροφὸσ ἐστι καὶ δυσέκκριτοσ μᾶλλον τῶν φύλλων ταῦτα δὲ πνευματικώτερὰ ἐστι καὶ τροφιμώτερα καὶ εὐεκκριτώτερα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 811)
  • εὐνὴν δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν φύλλων ποιούμεθα, καὶ πῦρ ἄφθονον καίομεν, καὶ ὄρνεα δὲ θηρεύομεν τὰ εἰσπετόμενα, καὶ ζῶντασ ἰχθῦσ ἀγρεύομεν ἐξιόντεσ ἐπὶ τὰ βραγχία τοῦ θηρίου, ἔνθα καὶ λουόμεθα, ὁπόταν ἐπιθυμήσωμεν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 34:6)

Synonyms

  1. leaf

  2. foliage

  3. plant

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