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ἤλεκτρον?

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: ēlektron

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

  • καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ πνεῦμα ἐξαῖρον ἤρχετο ἀπὸ βορρᾶ, καὶ νεφέλη μεγάλη ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ φέγγος κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ πῦρ ἐξαστράπτον, καὶ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ αὐτοῦ ὡς ὅρασις ἠλέκτρου ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ φέγγος ἐν αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 1:4)
  • καὶ εἶδον ὡς ὄψιν ἠλέκτρου ἀπὸ ὁράσεως ὀσφύος καὶ ἐπάνω, καὶ ἀπὸ ὁράσεως ὀσφύος καὶ ἕως κάτω εἶδον ὡς ὅρασιν πυρὸς καὶ τὸ φέγγος αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 1:26)
  • καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁμοίωμα ἀνδρός, ἀπὸ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕως κάτω πῦρ, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ ὑπεράνω αὐτοῦ ὡς ὅρασις ἠλέκτρου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 8:2)
  • δεσμὰ δὲ εἰσιν οἱ σειραὶ λεπταὶ χρυσοῦ καὶ ἠλέκτρου εἰργασμέναι ὁρ´μοις ἐοικυῖαι τοῖς καλλίστοις. (Lucian, Hercules, 3:3)
  • περὶ δὲ τῶν σκευῶν τὸ χρυσοῦ τ ἠλέκτρου τε καὶ ἀργύρου ἠδ ἐλέφαντος. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 14 3:6)

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