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ἱμάς

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱμάς

Structure: ἱμ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. a leathern strap or thong, the traces by which horses were, the reins
  2. the straps
  3. the lash
  4. the caestus, straps put round the hand
  5. girdle
  6. the chin-strap
  7. a latchet or thong
  8. the thong or latchet
  9. a dog-leash, leash

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

  • ζυγὸσ καὶ ἱμὰσ κάμψουσι τράχηλον, καὶ οἰκέτῃ κακούργῳ στρέβλαι καὶ βάσανοι. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 33:27)
  • ποῦ μοὔσθ’ ἱμάσ; (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode 2:10)
  • μὰ τὸν Δί’ οὐ μέντοι πρὸ τοῦ γ’, ἀλλ’ ἦσθ’ ἱμὰσ κύνειοσ· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parodos, prelude3)
  • Ἔπειτα χρὴ δέρματοσ καρχηδονίου, ἢν μὲν νηπιώτεροσ ἐῄ ὁ τρωθεὶσ, ἀρκέει τῷ λοπῷ χρέεσθαι, ἢν δὲ τελειότεροσ ἐῄ, αὐτῷ τῷ δέρματι‧ ταμόντα δὲ χρὴ εὖροσ ὡσ τριδάκτυλον, ἢ ὅκωσ ἂν ἁρμόζῃ, ὑπαλείψαντα κόμμι τὴν γνάθον εὑ̓μενέστερον γὰῤ, κόλλῃ προσκολλῆσαι τὸ δέρμα ἄκρον πρὸσ τὸ ἀποκεκαυλισμένον τῆσ γνάθου, ἀπολείποντα ὡσ δάκτυλον ἀπὸ τοῦ τρώματοσ ἢ ὀλίγῳ πλέον‧ τοῦτο μὲν ἐσ τὸ κάτω μέροσ‧ ἐχέτω δὲ ἐντομὴν κατὰ τὴν ἴξιν τοῦ γενείου ὁ ἱμὰσ, ὡσ ἀμφιβεβήκῃ ἀμφὶ τὸ ὀξὺ τοῦ γενείου. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 33.4)
  • Ἕτερον δὲ ἱμάντα τοιοῦτον, ἢ ὀλίγῳ πλατύτερον προσκολλῆσαι χρὴ πρὸσ τὸ ἄνω μέροσ τῆσ γνάθου, ἀπολείποντα καὶ τοῦτον ἀπὸ τοῦ τρώματοσ, ὅσονπερ ὁ ἕτεροσ ἀπέλιπεν‧ ἐσχίσθω δὲ καὶ οὗτοσ ὁ ἱμὰσ τὴν ἀμφὶ τὸ οὖσ περίβασιν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 33.5)

Synonyms

  1. a leathern strap or thong

  2. the straps

  3. the lash

  4. the caestus

  5. girdle

  6. a dog-leash

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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