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κάρφος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάρφος κάρφεος

Structure: καρφο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from KA/RFW

Sense

  1. a dry stalk, the dry sticks, dry twigs, chips, straws, bits of wool

Declension

Third 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

  • ῥέα μὲν γὰρ βριάει, ῥέα δὲ βριάοντα χαλέπτει, ῥεῖα δ’ ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ’ ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει Ζεὺσ ὑψιβρεμέτησ, ὃσ ὑπέρτατα δώματα ναίει. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 2:3)
  • φεύγειν δὲ σκιεροὺσ θώκουσ καὶ ἐπ’ ἠόα κοῖτον ὡρ́ῃ ἐν ἀμήτου, ὅτε τ’ ἠέλιοσ χρόα κάρφει. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 64:3)
  • ῥεῖα δ̓ ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ̓ ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 14:3)
  • ῥέα μὲν γὰρ βριάει, ῥέα δὲ βριάοντα χαλέπτει, ῥεῖα δ’ ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ’ ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει Ζεὺσ ὑψιβρεμέτησ, ὃσ ὑπέρτατα δώματα ναίει. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 30:2)

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

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