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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

  • ἐπῄνουν δὲ τῶν θύννων καὶ τὰσ κλεῖδασ καλουμένασ, ὡσ Ἀριστοφῶν ἐν Πειρίθῳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 65 3:3)
  • κλεῖδασ ὠνεῖται καὶ ἀποθήκασ φυλάττει χρηματικὸσ ἀνήρ πλούτου διοίγων θάλαμον ἥδιστον χερί· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 22 5:1)
  • δώσω σοι τὰσ κλεῖδασ τῆσ βασιλείασ τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν δήσῃσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἔσται δεδεμένον ἐν τοῖσ οὐρανοῖσ, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν λύσῃσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἔσται λελυμένον ἐν τοῖσ οὐρανοῖσ. (, chapter 11 257:1)
  • ἐντεῦθεν δ’ ἤδη δεξιὰν τὴν νῆσον ἔχουσιν, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ τὴν ἤπειρον, πρὸσ ἄρκτον ὁ πλοῦσ ἐστι καὶ πρὸσ ἑώ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ Κλεῖδασ εὐθυπλοίᾳ σταδίων ἑπτακοσίων. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 6 6:2)
  • τί δὲ δεῖ τῶν ποιητῶν θαυμάζειν, καὶ μάλιστα τῶν τοιούτων οἷσ ἡ πᾶσα περὶ τὴν φράσιν ἐστὶ σπουδή, τὰ τοῦ Δαμάστου συγκρίνοντασ, ὅστισ τῆσ νήσου τὸ μῆκοσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄρκτων πρὸσ μεσημβρίαν ἀποδίδωσιν, ἀπὸ Ιἑροκηπίασ, ὥσ φησιν, εἰσ Κλεῖδασ; (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 6 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. The hook of a clasp

  2. The rowing bench of a ship

  3. A narrow strait or pass

Similar forms

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