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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

  • ὅτι ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ ἡ φυλακή, καὶ οὗτοι ἐπὶ τῶν κλειδῶν τὸ πρωί̈ πρωί̈ ἀνοίγειν τὰσ θύρασ τοῦ ἱεροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 9:27)
  • ταῦτα πρὸσ τὸν Μέτελλον εἰπών ἐβάδιζε πρὸσ τὰσ θύρασ τοῦ ταμιείου, μὴ φαινομένων δὲ τῶν κλειδῶν χαλκεῖσ μεταπεμψάμενοσ ἐκκόπτειν ἐκέλευεν αὖθισ δὲ ἐνισταμένου τοῦ Μετέλλου καί τινων ἐπαινούντων, διατεινάμενοσ ἠπείλησεν ἀποκτενεῖν αὐτόν, εἰ μὴ παύσαιτο παρενοχλῶν. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 35 4:1)
  • ἔθηκε δὲ καὶ νόμουσ τινάσ, ὧν σφοδρὸσ μέν ἐστιν ὁ γυναικὶ μὴ διδοὺσ ἀπολείπειν ἄνδρα, γυναῖκα δὲ διδοὺσ ἐκβάλλειν ἐπὶ φαρμακείᾳ τέκνων ἢ κλειδῶν ὑποβολῇ καὶ μοιχευθεῖσαν· (Plutarch, chapter 22 3:1)
  • Ὑπὸ τῇσι πλευρῇσι καὶ τῇ Ῥάχει καὶ τῷ ἔνδον θώρηκι ἄχρι κλειδῶν ὑμὴν λεπτὸσ κραταιὸσ ὑπέστρωται, τοῖσι ὀστέοισι προσπεφυκὼσ, ὑπεζωκὼσ τοὔνομα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 122)
  • οἱ δὲ ἁρμόττοντεσ, διειλημμένοι τὸ βάροσ τὸ μὲν ὑπὸ τῶν κλειδῶν καὶ ἐπωμίδων, τὸ δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν ὤμων, τὸ δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ στήθουσ, τὸ δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ νώτου, τὸ δὲ ὑπὸ τῆσ γαστρόσ, ὀλίγου δεῖν οὐ φορήματι, ἀλλὰ προσθήματι ἐοίκασιν. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 10 16:5)

Synonyms

  1. The hook of a clasp

  2. The rowing bench of a ship

  3. A narrow strait or pass

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