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καλύπτρη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλύπτρη

Structure: καλυπτρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. Ionic form of κᾰλῠ́πτρᾱ ‎(kalúptrā)

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

  • πολλάκι δ’ ἐμπίτνω ξὺν λακίδι λινοσινεῖ Σιδονία καλύπτρᾳ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, ephymnion 12)
  • πολλάκι δ’ ἐμπίτνω ξὺν λακίδι λινοσινεῖ Σιδονίᾳ καλύπτρᾳ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, ephymnion 12)
  • Ἀμφαρέτασ κρήδεμνα καὶ ὑδατόεσσα καλύπτρα, Εἰλείθυια, τεᾶσ κεῖται ὑπὲρ κεφαλᾶσ, ἇσ σε μετ’ ἐκαλέσσατο λευγαλέασ οἱ κῆρασ ἀπ’ ὠδίνων τῆλε βαλεῖν λοχίων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2701)
  • τὰσ δ’ ὅσον ποδιαῖον τὸ ὕψοσ ἐπιθεμένασ στυλίσκον περιπλέκειν αὐτῷ τὴν χαίτην, εἶτα καλύπτρᾳ μελαίνῃ περιστέλλειν. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 4 34:5)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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