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κέρμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κέρμα κέρματος

Structure: κερματ (Stem)

Etym.: kei/rw

Sense

  1. a slice, a small coin, mite, small coin, small change
  2. small wares

Declension

Third 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

  • ὣσ ποτ’ ἐκήλησεν Καλλίστρατοσ υἱᾶσ Ἀχαιῶν, κέρμα φίλον διαδοὺσ ὅτε συμμαχίαν ἐρέεινεν οἰο͂ν δ’ οὐ κήλησε δέμασ λεπτὸν Ῥαδάμανθυν Λύσανδρον κώθωνι, πρὶν αὐτῷ δῶκε λεπαστήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 70 3:3)
  • ἐξεδύθησαν εἰσ βραχὺ σιταρίου κέρμα καὶ οἰναρίου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 189 1:1)
  • νῦν δὲ λοπὰσ καὶ κέρμα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 442)
  • ἀλλὰ δεῖ σε κέρμα ἀπολέσαι, ἵνα ζημιωθῆσ, ἄλλου δ’ οὐδενὸσ ἀπώλεια ζημιοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 14:2)
  • λοιπὸν εἰ τὴν ζημίαν ζητεῖσ ἐν κέρματι, πάντεσ οὗτοι ἀβλαβεῖσ, ἀζήμιοι, ἂν οὕτωσ τύχῃ, καὶ ὠφελούμενοι καὶ κερδαίνοντεσ, ὅταν διά τινοσ τούτων τῶν ἔργων κέρμα αὐτοῖσ προσγένηται. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 19:3)

Synonyms

  1. small wares

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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