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κάστανον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 식물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάστανον καστάνου

Structure: κασταν (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. chestnut

Declension

Second 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

  • "καρύων ἢ καστάνων ἀμφοτέρωσ γὰρ καλεῖται δύσπεπτοσ μὲν ἡ κατεργασία τῇ κοιλίᾳ καὶ φυσώδησ ἡ πέψισ γίνεται, παχύνει δὲ τὰσ ἕξεισ, ἐάν τισ αὐτῶν κρατήσῃ, τὰ δὲ ἀμύγδαλα καὶ τὰ Ἡρακλεωτικὰ καὶ τὰ Περσικὰ κάρυα καὶ τἄλλα τὰ τοιαῦτα χείρω ἐστὶ τούτων, χρὴ δὲ μηδὲν ὅλωσ τῆσ τοιαύτησ ἰδέασ ἄπυρον ἐσθίειν ἔξω τῶν χλωρῶν ἀμυγδάλων, ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν ἕψειν, τὰ δὲ φρύγειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 431)
  • ὁ δὲ Δίφιλοσ τὰ κάστανα καὶ Σαρδιανὰσ βαλάνουσ καλεῖ, εἶναι λέγων αὐτὰσ καὶ πολυτρόφουσ καὶ εὐχύλουσ, δυσοικονομήτουσ δὲ διὰ τὸ ἐπιμένειν τῷ στομάχῳ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 43 1:1)

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