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κανδάκη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κανδάκη κανδάκης

Structure: κανδακ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a kandake or kentake, any one of the ancient Nubian warrior queens

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

  • τούτων δ’ ἦσαν καὶ οἱ τῆσ βασιλίσσησ στρατηγοὶ τῆσ Κανδάκησ, ἣ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ ἦρξε τῶν Αἰθιόπων, ἀνδρική τισ γυνὴ πεπηρωμένη τὸν ἕτερον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 107:7)
  • τοῦτο δ’ ἦν τὸ βασίλειον τῆσ Κανδάκησ, καὶ ἦν ἐνταῦθα υἱὸσ αὐτῆσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 107:12)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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