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γεῖσον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: γεῖσον

Structure: γεις (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. the projecting part of the roof, the eaves, cornice, coping

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γεῖσον γείσω γεῖσα
Genitive γείσου γείσοιν γείσων
Dative γείσῳ γείσοιν γείσοις
Accusative γεῖσον γείσω γεῖσα
Vocative γεῖσον γείσω γεῖσα

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

  • ἀλλ̓ ὅμωσ ἦσαν οἵ χαλεπῶσ ἑώρων ἀφανιζόμενα τὰ σημεῖα τῆ ἔμπροσθεν πενίασ καὶ ἀδοξίασ, οὐχ ὅτι τῶν κιόνων ἔμελεν αὐτοῖσ τῶν ἱσταμένων οὐδὲ τῶν γείσων, οὐ τῶν οἰκοδομουμένων ἐργαστηρίων ἄλλοσε, ἀλλ̓ ἵνα μηδέποτε μεῖζον ὑμεῖσ ἐκείνων φρονῆτε. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 15:4)
  • πάντα ταῦτα ἐκ λίθων τιμίων κεκολαμμένα ἐκ διαστήματοσ ἔσωθεν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ θεμελίου ἕωσ τῶν γεισῶν καὶ ἔξωθεν εἰσ τὴν αὐλὴν τὴν μεγάλην (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 7:46)

Synonyms

  1. the projecting part of the roof

Similar forms

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

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