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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

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

  • τὰσ δὲ διφθέρασ, ὑφ̓ αἷσ ἐσκήνουν, τῆσ κάρφησ πληρώσασ καὶ ὅσα μονόξυλα πλοῖα ἐκ τῆσ χώρασ ξυναγαγών ‐ ἦν δὲ καὶ τούτων εὐπορία πολλή, ὅτι τούτοισ χρῶνται οἱ πρόσοικοι τῷ Ἴστρῳ ἐφ̓ ἁλιείᾳ τε τῇ ἐκ τοῦ Ἴστρου καὶ εἴποτε παῤ ἀλλήλουσ ἀνὰ τὸν ποταμὸν στέλλοιντο καὶ λῃστεύοντεσ ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν οἱ πολλοί ‐ ταῦτα ὡσ πλεῖστα ξυναγαγὼν διεβίβαζεν ἐπ̓ αὐτῶν τῆσ στρατιᾶσ ὅσουσ δυνατὸν ἦν ἐν τῷ τοιῷδε τρόπῳ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 3 6:2)
  • τά τε πλοῖα αὐτῷ ἄλλῃ καὶ ἄλλῃ παραπλέοντα καὶ αἱ διφθέραι τῆσ κάρφησ ἐμπιπλάμεναι καὶ ἡ ὄχθη πᾶσα πλήρησ φαινομένη τῇ μὲν ἱππέων, τῇ δὲ πεζῶν, οὐκ εἰά ἠρεμεῖν τὸν Πῶρον, οὐδὲ ἕν τι ἐπιλεξάμενον ἐσ φυλακὴν ξύμφορον ἐσ τοῦτο ἐκ πάντων παρασκευάζεσθαι. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 9 3:2)
  • καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἐπληροῦντο τῆσ νυκτὸσ αἱ διφθέραι τῆσ κάρφησ, ἐκ πολλοῦ ἤδη παρενηνεγμέναι, καὶ κατερράπτοντο ἐσ ἀκρίβειαν· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 12 3:1)
  • διφθέρασ ἃσ εἶχον στεγάσματα ἐπίμπλασαν χόρτου κούφου, εἶτα συνῆγον καὶ συνέσπων, ὡσ μὴ ἅπτεσθαι τῆσ κάρφησ τὸ ὕδωρ· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 10:3)

Synonyms

  1. dry grass

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

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