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κακκάβη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κακκάβη κακκάβης

Structure: κακκαβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. three legged pot

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

  • πάντ’ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἥ τε γὰρ συνώνυμοσ τῆσ ἔνδον οὔσησ ἔγχελυσ Βοιωτία μιχθεῖσα κοίλοισ ἐν βυθοῖσι κακκάβησ χλιαίνετ’, αἴρεθ’, ἕψεται, παφλάζεται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 68 1:8)
  • ἥ τε γὰρ συνώνυμοσ τῆσ ἔνδον οὔσησ ἔγχελυσ Βοιωτία τμηθεῖσα κοίλοισ ἐν βυθοῖσι κακκάβησ χλιαίνετ’, αἴρεθ’, ἕψεται, παφλάζεται, προσκάεθ’, ὥστε μηδ’ ἂν εἰ χαλκοῦσ ἔχων μυκτῆρασ εἰσέλθοι τισ, ἐξελθεῖν πάλιν εἰκῇ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 17 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. three legged pot

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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