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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

  • ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ταχὺ βάδιζε τὴν κίστην λαβὼν καὶ τὸν χοᾶ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode17)
  • παῖ παῖ φέρ’ ἔξω δεῦρο τὴν κίστην ἐμοί. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode 1:4)
  • ὦ Θρᾷττα τὴν κίστην κάθελε, κᾆτ’ ἔξελε τὸ πόπανον, ὅπωσ λαβοῦσα θύσω τοῖν θεοῖν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 3:18)
  • ἐλθοῦσά φησιν αὐτομάτη μετὰ τἀν Πύλῳ σπονδῶν φέρουσα τῇ πόλει κίστην πλέαν ἀποχειροτονηθῆναι τρὶσ ἐν τἠκκλησίᾳ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Episode11)
  • τὴν ἐμὴν κίστην ἰὼν ξύλλαβε σιωπῇ καὶ βασάνισον ἅττ’ ἔνι, καὶ τὴν Παφλαγόνοσ· (Aristotle, Episode 1:23)

Synonyms

  1. box

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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