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καταχήνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταχήνη

Structure: καταχην (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: xanei=n

Sense

  1. derision, mockery

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καταχήνη καταχήνᾱ καταχῆναι
Genitive καταχήνης καταχήναιν καταχηνῶν
Dative καταχήνῃ καταχήναιν καταχήναις
Accusative καταχήνην καταχήνᾱ καταχήνᾱς
Vocative καταχήνη καταχήνᾱ καταχῆναι

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

  • νὴ τὸν Ἀπόλλω καὶ δημοτική γ’ ἡ γνώμη καὶ καταχήνη τῶν σεμνοτέρων ἔσται πολλὴ καὶ τῶν σφραγῖδασ ἐχόντων, ὅταν ἐμβάδ’ ἔχων εἴπῃ πρότεροσ, παραχώρει κᾆτ’ ἐπιτήρει, ὅταν ἤδη ’γὼ διαπραξάμενοσ παραδῶ σοι δευτεριάζειν. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, epirrheme 1:31)
  • ἆρ’ οὐ μεγάλη τοῦτ’ ἔστ’ ἀρχὴ καὶ τοῦ πλούτου καταχήνη; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, epirrheme20)
  • δεύτερον αὖ σου τουτὶ γράφομαι, τὴν τοῦ πλούτου καταχήνην· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, epirrheme 1:1)
  • "πάντεσ γὰρ τῆσ καταχήνησ αὐτοῦ πλήρεισ ἐστέ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:161)

Synonyms

  1. derision

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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