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κέντρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κέντρον κέντρου

Structure: κεντρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: kente/w

Sense

  1. Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur
  2. sting, quill, thorn
  3. Torture device or instrument of motivation: whip, goad
  4. nail, rivet

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

  • τί σοφισθήσεται ὁ κρατῶν ἀρότρου καὶ καυχώμενοσ ἐν δόρατι κέντρου, βόασ ἐλαύνων καὶ ἀναστρεφόμενοσ ἐν ἔργοισ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ διήγησισ αὐτοῦ ἐν υἱοῖσ ταύρων̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 38:25)
  • "ἐκεῖνο μὲν γὰρ ἐρωτᾶν ἀσφαλέστερόν ἐστιν ἢ ἀποφαίνεσθαι σοῦ παρόντοσ, εἰ, τῆσ οἰκουμένησ εὖροσ ἴσησ καὶ μῆκοσ, ἐνδέχεται πᾶσιν ὡσαύτωσ ἀπὸ τῆσ σελήνησ ὄψιν ἀνακλωμένην ἐπιθιγγάνειν τῆσ θαλάσσησ καὶ τοῖσ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ μεγάλῃ θαλάττῃ πλέουσι νὴ Δία καὶ οἰκοῦσιν, ὥσπερ Βρεττανοῖσ, καὶ ταῦτα μηδὲ τῆσ γῆσ, ὥσ φατε, πρὸσ τὴν σφαῖραν τῆσ σελήνησ κέντρου λόγον ἐπεχούσησ. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 4 1:3)
  • "ἐκ τοῦ κέντρου τῆσ γῆσ· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 10 1:3)
  • "εἰ γὰρ ὅ τι ἂν καὶ ὁπωσοῦν ἐκτὸσ γένηται τοῦ κέντρου τῆσ γῆσ ἄνω ἐστίν, οὐδέν ἐστι τοῦ κόσμου κάτω μέροσ, ἀλλ’ ἄνω καὶ ἡ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ γῆσ καὶ πᾶν ἁπλῶσ σῶμα τὸ κέντρῳ περιεστηκὸσ ἢ περικείμενον ἄνω γίγνεται· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 119)
  • οἱ φυσικοὶ ἀπὸ γῆσ ἄρξασθαί φασι τὴν γένεσιν τοῦ κόσμου καθάπερ ἀπὸ κέντρου· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. nail

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