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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

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

  • ὡσ θύουσι δ’ οἱ τοιχωρύχοι, κίστασ φέροντεσ σταμνία τ’ οὐχὶ τῶν θεῶν ἕνεκ’, ἀλλ’ ἑαυτῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 27 4:2)
  • ἱερὰ δ’ ἐκ κίστασ ποπανεύματα χερσὶν ἑλοῖσαι εὐφάμωσ κατέθεντο νεοδρέπτων ἐπὶ βωμῶν, ὡσ ἐδίδασχ’, ὡσ αὐτὸσ ἐθυμάρει Διόνυσοσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 3)
  • καὶ κιθάρασ αὑτῷ διετάξατο συγκατακαῦσαι δώδεκα, καὶ κίστασ εἰκοσιπέντε νόμων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1333)

Synonyms

  1. box

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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