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κάρφη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάρφη

Structure: καρφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ka/rfw

Sense

  1. dry grass, hay

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κάρφη κάρφᾱ κάρφαι
Genitive κάρφης κάρφαιν καρφῶν
Dative κάρφῃ κάρφαιν κάρφαις
Accusative κάρφην κάρφᾱ κάρφᾱς
Vocative κάρφη κάρφᾱ κάρφαι

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

  • πρῶτον δέ γε εἰσέλθετ’ ἐσ νεοττιάν γε τὴν ἐμὴν καὶ τἀμὰ κάρφη καὶ τὰ παρόντα φρύγανα, καὶ τοὔνομ’ ἡμῖν φράσατον. (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode2)
  • ἐπεὶ τὸ τοιοῦτον ὅμοιον ἂν εἶναι τοῖσ τῶν παιδίων οἰκοδομήμασιν, ἃ κατασκευάσαντεσ ἐκεῖνοι ἀσθενῆ εὐθὺσ ἀνατρέπουσιν, ἢ καὶ νὴ Δία τοῖσ τοξεύειν μελετῶσιν, οἳ κάρφη τινὰ συνδήσαντεσ, ἔπειτα ἐπὶ κοντοῦ πήξαντεσ οὐ πόρρω προθέμενοι στοχάζονται ἀφιέντεσ, καὶ ἢν τύχωσί ποτε καὶ διαπείρωσι τὰ κάρφη, ἀνέκραγον εὐθὺσ ὥσ τι μέγα ποιήσαντεσ, εἰ διεξελήλυθεν αὐτοῖσ τὸ βέλοσ διὰ τῶν φρυγάνων. (Lucian, 69:2)

Synonyms

  1. dry grass

Similar forms

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

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