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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

  • καλοῦνται δ’ οἱ πέρδικεσ ὑπ’ ἐνίων κακκάβαι, ὡσ καὶ ὑπ’ Ἀλκμᾶνοσ λέγοντοσ οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 431)
  • τὴν χύτραν δ’ Ἀριστοφάνησ ἐν Σκηνὰσ καταλαμβανούσαισ κακκάβην εἴρηκεν οὕτωσ τὴν κακκάβην γὰρ κᾶε. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 68 1:2)
  • κἄγειν ἐκεῖθεν κακκάβην. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 68 1:6)
  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. three legged pot

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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