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κίστη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κίστη κίστης

Structure: κιστ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. box, chest, casket

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κίστη κίστᾱ κίσται
Genitive κίστης κίσταιν κιστῶν
Dative κίστῃ κίσταιν κίσταις
Accusative κίστην κίστᾱ κίστᾱς
Vocative κίστη κίστᾱ κίσται

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

  • νῦν οὖν ὅπωσ ἁγνεύσετε, ὅπωσ ἂν αἱ γυναῖκεσ ὑμᾶσ ἐν πόλει ξενίσωμεν ὧν ἐν ταῖσι κίσταισ εἴχομεν. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, anapests 2:26)
  • ταῦτα γοῦν πάντωσ ἀπολλύμενα καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου διαφθαρησόμενα ἡμῖν δοῦναι περιβαλέσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ ἐν ταῖσ κοίταισ καὶ κίσταισ εὐρῶτι πολλῷ κατασαπῆναι. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 1 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. box

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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