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γέφυρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γέφυρα γεφύρας

Structure: γεφυρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. dam, dyke
  2. battlefield
  3. bridge

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

  • περὶ μὲν οὖν Σωστράτου ἐν ἄλλῳ βιβλίῳ γέγραπταί μοι καὶ δεδήλωται μέγεθόσ τε αὐτοῦ καὶ ἰσχύοσ ὑπερβολὴ καὶ ἡ ὕπαιθροσ ἐν τῷ Παρνασσῷ δίαιτα, καὶ ἡ ἐπίπονοσ εὐνὴ καὶ τροφαὶ ὄρειοι καὶ ἔργα οὐκ ἀπῳδὰ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ ὅσα ἢ λῃστὰσ αἴρων ἔπραξεν ἢ ὁδοποιῶν τὰ ἄβατα ἢ γεφυρῶν τὰ δύσπορα. (Lucian, (no name) 1:2)
  • τοῦτο νῦν νῆσόσ ἐστιν ἱερὰ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν, ἔχει δὲ ναοὺσ θεῶν καὶ περιπάτουσ, καλεῖται δὲ φωνῇ τῇ Λατίνων Μέση δυεῖν γεφυρῶν. (Plutarch, Publicola, chapter 8 3:2)
  • ταύτην δὴ κύκλῳ καὶ τοὺσ τροχοὺσ καὶ τὴν γέφυραν πλεθριαίαν τὸ πλάτοσ οὖσαν ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν λιθίνῳ περιεβάλλοντο τείχει, πύργουσ καὶ πύλασ ἐπὶ τῶν γεφυρῶν κατὰ τὰσ τῆσ θαλάττησ διαβάσεισ ἑκασταχόσε ἐπιστήσαντεσ· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 68:2)
  • καὶ ἐνετύγχανον τάφροισ καὶ αὐλῶσιν ὕδατοσ πλήρεσιν, ὡσ μὴ δύνασθαι διαβαίνειν ἄνευ γεφυρῶν· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 3 10:2)
  • καὶ γενομένησ ἀκροβολίασ τε καὶ ἱππομαχίασ, οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι κυκλωθέντεσ ὑπὸ τῶν Λιβύων ἔφευγον ἐσ τὸ στρατόπεδον, καὶ νυκτὸσ ἐπιγενομένησ ἐσ Πλακεντίαν ἀνεχώρουν ἀσφαλῶσ τετειχισμένην, τὸν Πάδον ἐπὶ γεφυρῶν περάσαντέσ τε καὶ λύσαντεσ τὰσ γεφύρασ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 2 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. dam

  2. battlefield

  3. bridge

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