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καταπέλτης

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταπέλτης καταπέλτου

Structure: καταπελτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. catapult
  2. an instrument of torture

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

  • Θαυμασάντων δὲ πάντων τὴν καρτεροψυχίαν αὐτοῦ, ἦγον οἱ δορυφόροι τὸν καθ’ ἡλικίαν τοῦ προτέρου δεύτερον καὶ σιδηρᾶσ ἐναρμοσάμενοι χεῖρασ ὀξέσι τοῖσ ὄνυξιν ὀργάνῳ καὶ καταπέλτῃ προσέδησαν αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:26)
  • καὶ τούτουσ μὲν ἔσχε τὸ μὴ οὐκ αἰσχρᾷ φυγῇ ὠσθῆναι κατὰ τοῦ χώματοσ, αὐτὸσ δὲ βάλλεται καταπέλτῃ διὰ τῆσ ἀσπίδοσ διαμπὰξ καὶ τοῦ θώρακοσ ἔσ τὸν ὦμον. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 27 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. an instrument of torture

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