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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἤλεκτρον ἠλέκτρω ή̓λεκτρα
Genitive ἠλέκτρου ἠλέκτροιν ἠλέκτρων
Dative ἠλέκτρῳ ἠλέκτροιν ἠλέκτροις
Accusative ἤλεκτρον ἠλέκτρω ή̓λεκτρα
Vocative ή̓λεκτρον ἠλέκτρω ή̓λεκτρα

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

  • πᾶν μὲν γὰρ κύκλῳ τιτάνῳ λευκῷ τ’ ἐλέφαντι ἠλέκτρῳ θ’ ὑπολαμπὲσ ἐήν χρυσῷ τε φαεινῷ λαμπόμενον, κυάνου δὲ διὰ πτύχεσ ἠλήλαντο. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 12:2)
  • εἶπεν ὁ Φίλιπποσ, ὦ παῖ, πάνυ γὰρ ἡδέωσ ἀκούω σου τὰ τοιαῦτα λέγοντοσ, οὐδὲ οἴκησιν ἀξιοῖσ κατεσκευάσθαι τὸν βασιλέα πρὸσ ἡδονὴν κεκοσμημένην χρυσῷ καὶ ἠλέκτρῳ καὶ ἐλέφαντι τοῖσ πολυτίμοισ; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 42:2)

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