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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

  • ὥσπερ μάστιξ ἵππῳ καὶ κέντρον ὄνῳ, οὕτωσ ράβδοσ ἔθνει παρανόμῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 26:3)
  • 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)
  • καὶ ἐγὼ ὡσ ταραχὴ τῷ Ἐφραὶμ καὶ ὡσ κέντρον τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰούδα. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 5:12)
  • ἐκ χειρὸσ ᾅδου ρύσομαι καὶ ἐκ θανάτου λυτρώσομαι αὐτούσ, ποῦ ἡ δίκη σου, θάνατε̣ ποῦ τὸ κέντρον σου, ᾅδη̣ παράκλησισ κέκρυπται ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου, (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 13:14)
  • ὅπου γε καὶ μέλισσαι περὶ τὸν τῆσ κηρογονίασ καιρὸν ἐπαμύνονται τοὺσ προσιόντασ καὶ καθάπερ σιδήρῳ τῷ κέντρῳ πλήσσουσι τοὺσ προσιόντασ τῇ νοσσιᾷ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπαμύνουσιν ἕωσ θανάτου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 14:19)
  • κεστὸν ἔχω καἰ κέντρον ἄγω καὶ τόξον ἀείρω, κεστόν, ὅθεν φιλότητοσ ἐμῆσ ἐμὸν οἶστρον ἑλοῦσαι πολλάκισ ὠδίνουσι καὶ οὐ θνῄσκουσι γυναῖκεσ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 150)
  • ὁρῶ ποικίλην τινὰ τὴν διατριβὴν καὶ μεστὸν ταραχῆσ τὸν βίον καὶ τὰσ πόλεισ γε αὐτῶν ἐοικυίασ τοῖσ σμήνεσιν, ἐν οἷσ ἅπασ μὲν ἴδιόν τι κέντρον ἔχει καὶ τὸν πλησίον κεντεῖ, ὀλίγοι δέ τινεσ ὥσπερ σφῆκεσ ἄγουσι καὶ φέρουσι τὸ ὑποδεέστερον. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 15:3)

Synonyms

  1. nail

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