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ἱστός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱστός ἱστοῦ

Structure: ἱστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i(/sthmi

Sense

  1. mast
  2. shinbone
  3. an (unknown) constellation
  4. (weaving) beam (of a loom; see usage notes)
  5. (weaving) loom
  6. (weaving) web

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

  • ὠὰ ἀσπίδων ἔρρηξαν καὶ ἱστὸν ἀράχνησ ὑφαίνουσι. καὶ ὁ μέλλων τῶν ὠῶν αὐτῶν φαγεῖν συντρίψασ οὔριον εὗρε, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ βασιλίσκοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 59:5)
  • δέχου τοῦτον σύ, πορθμεῦ, καὶ τὸ δεῖνα,^ ὅπωσ ἀσφαλῶσ ‐ ἀμέλει, πρὸσ τὸν ἱστὸν δεδήσεται. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 13:10)
  • τί δήποτε τοὺσ ἱεροσύλουσ καὶ λῃστὰσ ἀφέντεσ καὶ τοσούτουσ ὑβριστὰσ καὶ βιαίουσ καὶ ἐπιόρκουσ δρῦν τινα πολλάκισ κεραυνοῦτε ἢ λίθον ἢ νεὼσ ἱστὸν οὐδὲν ἀδικούσησ, ἐνίοτε δὲ χρηστόν τινα καὶ ὅσιον ὁδοιπόρον; (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 16:1)
  • αὐτὰρ Ἀθήνην ἔργα διδασκῆσαι, πολυδαίδαλον ἱστὸν ὑφαίνειν· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 10:4)
  • τῇ δ’ ἱστὸν στήσαιτο γυνὴ προβάλοιτό τε ἔργον. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 94:8)

Synonyms

  1. mast

  2. an constellation

  3. beam

  4. loom

  5. web

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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