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κερκίς

Third declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κερκίς κερκίδος

Structure: κερκιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kre/kw

Sense

  1. the rod or comb
  2. any rod, a measuring-rod
  3. the great bone of the leg, the tibia

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κερκίς κερκίδε κερκίδες
Genitive κερκίδος κερκίδοιν κερκίδων
Dative κερκίδι κερκίδοιν κερκίσιν*
Accusative κερκίδα κερκίδε κερκίδας
Vocative κερκί κερκίδε κερκίδες

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

  • κερκίσ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 29:5)
  • εἰ οὖν ἐγὼ ἐροίμην "τί ἦν ὄργανον ἡ κερκίσ; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 29:11)
  • ὄνομα ἄρα διδασκαλικόν τί ἐστιν ὄργανον καὶ διακριτικὸν τῆσ οὐσίασ ὥσπερ κερκὶσ ὑφάσματοσ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 30:11)
  • ὑφαντικὸν δέ γε ἡ κερκίσ; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 31:2)
  • ἂν καταγῇ αὐτῷ ἡ κερκὶσ ποιοῦντι, πότερον πάλιν ποιήσει ἄλλην πρὸσ τὴν κατεαγυῖαν βλέπων, ἢ πρὸσ ἐκεῖνο τὸ εἶδοσ πρὸσ ὅπερ καὶ ἣν κατέαξεν ἐποίει; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 36:2)

Synonyms

  1. the rod or comb

  2. any rod

  3. the great bone of the leg

Related

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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