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γλαφυρία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γλαφυρία γλαφυρίας

Structure: γλαφυρι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from glafuro/s

Sense

  1. smoothness, polish

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γλαφυρία γλαφυρίᾱ γλαφυρίαι
Genitive γλαφυρίᾱς γλαφυρίαιν γλαφυριῶν
Dative γλαφυρίᾱͅ γλαφυρίαιν γλαφυρίαις
Accusative γλαφυρίᾱν γλαφυρίᾱ γλαφυρίᾱς
Vocative γλαφυρίᾱ γλαφυρίᾱ γλαφυρίαι

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

  • ἐν δὲ Ῥώμῃ πληγέντεσ αὖθισ καὶ ἀναξυσθέντεσ οὐ τοσοῦτον ἔσχον γλαφυρίασ ὅσον ἀπώλεσαν συμμετρίασ καὶ τοῦ καλοῦ, διάκενοι καὶ λαγαροὶ φανέντεσ. (Plutarch, Publicola, chapter 15 4:3)
  • ἢ βούλει τὸ ἣδιστον αὐτοῦ τῆσ γλαφυρίασ καὶ πιθανότητοσ ἱστορῆσαι; (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 14 1:1)
  • καὶ ὅλωσ τοῦτο μελετῶν ἐοίκε καὶ φιλοσοφῶν ἀεὶ διατελεῖν ὁ Πύρροσ, ὡσ μαθημάτων βασιλικώτατον, τὰσ δὲ ἄλλασ γλαφυρίασ ἐν οὐδενὶ λόγῳ τίθεσθαι. (Plutarch, chapter 8 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. smoothness

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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