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καναχή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καναχή

Structure: καναχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a sharp sound: the ring or clang, loud, tramp, a gnashing, the sound

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

  • Ζεὺσ γὰρ μεγάλησ γλώσσησ κόμπουσ ὑπερεχθαίρει, καὶ σφασ ἐσιδὼν πολλῷ ῥεύματι προσνισσομένουσ χρυσοῦ καναχῆσ ὑπεροπλίαισ, παλτῷ ῥιπτεῖ πυρὶ βαλβίδων ἐπ’ ἄκρων ἤδη νίκην ὁρμῶντ’ ἀλαλάξαι. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, anapests1)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἀναγράφουσιν αὐτὸν υἱὸν εἶναι Κανάχησ τῆσ Αἰόλου καὶ Ποσειδῶνοσ, οἱ δὲ Λαπίθου τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνοσ καὶ Στίλβησ τῆσ Πηνειοῦ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 61 3:3)

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

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