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κλείς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλείς κλειδός

Structure: κλειδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: klei/w

Sense

  1. Something used to lock/unlock: key, bolt, bar
  2. A means to something: key
  3. The hook of a clasp
  4. collarbone
  5. The rowing bench of a ship (always in plural)
  6. A narrow strait or pass

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

  • καὶ ὑπέμειναν ἕωσ ᾐσχύνοντο, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀνοίγων τὰσ θύρασ τοῦ ὑπερῴου. καὶ ἔλαβον τὴν κλεῖδα καὶ ἤνοιξαν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ κύριοσ αὐτῶν πεπτωκὼσ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τεθνηκώσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 3:25)
  • καὶ δώσω τὴν δόξαν Δαυὶδ αὐτῷ, καὶ ἄρξει, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἀντιλέγων. καὶ δώσω αὐτῷ τὴν κλεῖδα οἴκου Δαυὶδ ἐπὶ τῷ ὤμῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνοίξει, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἀποκλείων, καὶ κλείσει καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἀνοίγων. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 22:22)
  • ἀποστρέψαντοσ δὲ τὸν ἵππον τοῦ Ἀρταγέρσου βαλὼν ὁ Κῦροσ ἔτυχε, καὶ διήλασε παρὰ τὴν κλεῖδα διὰ τοῦ τραχήλου τὴν αἰχμήν. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 9 3:3)
  • οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖσ νομικοῖσ, ὅτι ἤρατε τὴν κλεῖδα τῆσ γνώσεωσ· (, chapter 3 561:1)

Synonyms

  1. The hook of a clasp

  2. The rowing bench of a ship

  3. A narrow strait or pass

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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