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καλάσιρις

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλάσιρις καλάσιριος

Structure: καλασιρι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: Egypt. word.

Sense

  1. a long garment

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καλάσιρις καλασίριε καλασίριες
Genitive καλασίριος καλασιρίοιν καλασιρίων
Dative καλασίρῑ καλασιρίοιν καλασίρισιν*
Accusative καλάσιριν καλασίριε καλασίριας
Vocative καλάσιρι καλασίριε καλασίριες

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

  • καλασιρίων δὲ οἵδε ἄλλοι νομοί εἰσι, Θηβαῖοσ, Βουβαστίτησ, Ἀφθίτησ, Τανίτησ, Μενδήσιοσ, Σεβεννύτησ, Ἀθριβίτησ, Φαρβαϊθίτησ, Θμουί̈τησ, Ὀνουφίτησ, Ἀνύτιοσ, Μυεκφορίτησ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 166 2:1)
  • οὗτοι δὲ οἱ νομοὶ Καλασιρίων εἰσί, γενόμενοι, ὅτε ἐπὶ πλείστουσ ἐγένοντο, πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι μυριάδεσ ἀνδρῶν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 166 3:1)
  • Καλασιρίων χίλιοι καὶ Ἑρμοτυβίων ἐδορυφόρεον ἐνιαυτὸν ἕκαστοι τὸν βασιλέα· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 168 3:2)
  • ἐνῆσαν δὲ καὶ ἄλλων ἐθνέων ἄνδρεσ ἀναμεμιγμένοι, Φρυγῶν τε καὶ Θρηίκων καὶ Μυσῶν τε καὶ Παιόνων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων, ἐν δὲ καὶ Αἰθιόπων τε καὶ Αἰγυπτίων οἵ τε Ἑρμοτύβιεσ καὶ οἱ Καλασίριεσ καλεόμενοι μαχαιροφόροι, οἵ περ εἰσὶ Αἰγυπτίων μοῦνοι μάχιμοι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 9, chapter 32 2:2)
  • ἐνδεδύκασι δὲ κιθῶνασ λινέουσ περὶ τὰ σκέλεα θυσανωτούσ, τοὺσ καλέουσι καλασίρισ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 81 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a long garment

Similar forms

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

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