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ἱλάειρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱλάειρα ἱλαείρας

Structure: ἱλαειρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. something mildly shining

Declension

First 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

  • "οὐ συνορῶν ὅτι πρὸσ τὸν ἣλιον ἔδει τοῦτο γίγνεσθαι μᾶλλον, ὀξὺν ἀπαντῶντα καὶ πλήκτην ὥσ που καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ τὴν ἑκατέρων ἀποδίδωσιν οὐκ ἀηδῶσ διαφορὰν ἣλιοσ ὀξυβελὴσ ἠδ’ ἱλάειρα σελήνη; (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 22)
  • Λευκίππου δὲ θυγατέρεσ ἐγένοντο Ἱλάειρα καὶ Φοίβη· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 10 4:9)
  • ἀγάλματα δὲ αὐτοί τε καὶ οἱ παῖδέσ εἰσιν Ἄναξισ καὶ Μνασίνουσ, σὺν δέ σφισιν αἱ μητέρεσ Ἱλάειρα καὶ Φοίβη, τέχνη μὲν Διποίνου καὶ Σκύλλιδοσ, ξύλου δὲ ἐβένου· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 22 8:3)
  • Λεύκιππόσ τε Ἀφαρέωσ ἀδελφὸσ καὶ Ἱλάειρά ἐστι καὶ Φοίβη, σὺν δέ σφισιν Ἀρσινόη. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 31 19:1)

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