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ἤλεκτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἤλεκτρον ἠλέκτρου

Structure: ἠλεκτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. amber
  2. an alloy of gold and silver

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

  • ὥστε κἀγὼ νῦν δέδια ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ μὴ ὑμεῖσ ἄρτι ἀφιγμένοι, καὶ τοῦτο πρῶτον ἀκροασόμενοι ἡμῶν, ἢλεκτρά τινα καὶ κύκνουσ ἐλπίσαντεσ εὑρήσειν παρ’ ἡμῖν, ἔπειτα μετ’ ὀλίγον ἀπέλθητε καταγελῶντεσ τῶν ὑποσχομένων ὑμῖν τοιαῦτα πολλὰ κειμήλια ἐνεῖναι τοῖσ λόγοισ. (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 6:2)
  • ἣ δ’ ἐν δόμοισ ἔμεινεν Ἠλέκτρα πατρόσ, ταύτην ἐπειδὴ θαλερὸσ εἶχ’ ἥβησ χρόνοσ, μνηστῆρεσ ᾔτουν Ἑλλάδοσ πρῶτοι χθονόσ. (Euripides, episode 1:7)
  • Ἀγαμέμνονοσ ὦ κόρα, ἤλυθον, Ἠλέκτρα, ποτὶ σὰν ἀγρότειραν αὐλάν. (Euripides, choral, strophe 31)
  • νῦν ἢ πάροιθεν μᾶλλον, Ἠλέκτρα, χαρᾷ θερμαινόμεσθα καρδίαν· (Euripides, episode 7:1)
  • ‐ τοῦ ποτ’, Ἠλέκτρα, τόδε παλαιὸν ἀνδρὸσ λείψανον φίλων κυρεῖ; (Euripides, episode 3:8)

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