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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

  • 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 ὁρ́μοισ 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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