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καλώδιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλώδιον καλώδιου

Structure: καλωδι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ka/lws의 지소사,

Sense

  1. a small cord

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καλώδιον καλωδίω καλώδια
Genitive καλωδίου καλωδίοιν καλωδίων
Dative καλωδίῳ καλωδίοιν καλωδίοις
Accusative καλώδιον καλωδίω καλώδια
Vocative καλώδιον καλωδίω καλώδια

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

  • καλωδίου δὲ ἄνωθεν ἀφεθέντοσ ἐνζώσασ ἑαυτὸν ἀνελήφθη πρὸσ τὸ τεῖχοσ, ἔνιοι δέ φασιν, ὧν καὶ Φαινεστέλλασ ἐστίν, οὐδὲ αἰσθέσθαι τῆσ μάχησ τὸν Μάριον, ἀλλ’ ἐξ ἀγρυπνιῶν καὶ κόπων ὑπὸ σκιᾷ τινι χαμαὶ κατακλινέντα τοῦ συνθήματοσ δοθέντοσ ἐνδοῦναι πρὸσ ὕπνον, εἶτα μόλισ ἐξεγείρεσθαι τῆσ φυγῆσ γενομένησ, ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ μάχῃ Σύλλασ φησὶν εἰκοσιτρεῖσ μόνουσ ἀποβαλεῖν, ἀποκτεῖναι δὲ τῶν πολεμίων δισμυρίουσ καὶ λαβεῖν ζῶντασ ὀκτακισχιλίουσ. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 28 7:3)
  • ἐμπλακέντα δ’ αὐτοῦ τὸν πόδα καλῳδίῳ, κόπτων τισ τὸ καλώδιον ξιφιδίῳ, τὸν ταρσὸν ἔτεμεν ἀντὶ τοῦ καλωδίου τοῦ ποδόσ· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 15 5:5)
  • συναινεσάντων δὲ τούτοισ τῶν νεανίσκων παραλαβὼν ὁ Ῥουβῆλοσ τὸ μειράκιον καὶ καλωδίου ἐκδήσασ ἠρέμα καθίησιν εἰσ τὸν λάκκον· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 2 42:2)

Synonyms

  1. a small cord

Related

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

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