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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

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

  • ἡ δ’ ὁλκὰσ ἡ κομίζουσα ἡμᾶσ ἀπορραγέντων τῶν καλωδίων ἐκυλινδεῖτο ἄνω καὶ κάτω, καὶ μόλισ σὺν βοῇ πολλῇ καὶ ταραχῇ τῶν ναυτῶν διασώζεται· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 9:7)
  • Ἀρχέλαοσ δ’ αὐτοὺσ ἐπιστρέφων αὖθισ, καὶ τῷ ἀγῶνι διὰ τὴν προθυμίαν ἐσ πολὺ παραμένων, καὶ ἀποκλεισθεὶσ ἀνιμήθη διὰ καλῳδίων. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 5 5:7)
  • εὐδοκίμει δὲ μάλιστα ὁ ἁρ́παξ, ἔκ τε πολλοῦ ταῖσ ναυσὶ διὰ κουφότητα ἐμπίπτων καὶ ἐμπηγνύμενοσ, ὅτε μάλιστα ὑπὸ τῶν καλῳδίων ἐφέλκοιτο ὀπίσω· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 12 11:6)

Synonyms

  1. a small cord

Related

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

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