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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

  • "ὥσπερ ὁ Περσικὸσ ὡρ́αν πᾶσαν καναχῶν ὁλόφωνοσ ἀλέκτωρ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 14 5:54)
  • οἱ δὲ κυλινδόμενοι καναχὴν ἔχον ἐν ποσὶ παίδων ἐν καθαρῷ, ὅθι κύματ’ ἐπ’ ἠιόνοσ κλύζεσκε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 12 6:2)
  • τοῖο δὲ φόρμιγξ χρυσέου ὑπὸ πλήκτρου καναχὴν ἔχει ἱμερόεσσαν. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 2:2)
  • 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)
  • παντᾷ, δὲ χοροὶ παρθένων λυρᾶν τε βοαὶ καναχαί τ’ αὐλῶν δονέονται· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 10 12:2)
  • τῶν καὶ ὀδόντων μὲν καναχὴ πέλεν, εὖτε μάχοιτο Ἀμφιτρυωνιάδησ, τὰ δ’ ἐδαίετο θαυματὰ ἔργα. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 15:2)
  • αὐτὰρ ὁ πεπταμένῃ μέγα τύμπανον ὃ σχέθε χειρὶ ἤραξεν, καναχῇ δ’ ἰάχεν ἄντρον ἅπαν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 217 1:1)
  • καναχὴ δ’ ἦν ἡμιόνοιιν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 6 8:8)
  • τοῦ καὶ ὀδόντων μὲν καναχὴ πέλε, τὼ δέ οἱ ὄσσε λαμπέσθην ὡσ εἴ τε πυρὸσ σέλασ, ἐν δέ οἱ ἦτορ δῦν’ ἄχοσ ἄτλητον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 29:10)
  • ἐν δὲ μέσοισι κορύσσετο δῖοσ Ἀχιλλεὺσ, τοῦ καὶ ὀδόντων μὲν καναχὴ πέλε· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 26:6)

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

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