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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 ὁ μείζων προσέοικε τῷ χελιδονίᾳ κατὰ τὴν σκληρότητα, τὰ δὲ ὑπογάστρια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ κλεὶσ εὔστομα καὶ ἁπαλά, οἱ δὲ κοσταὶ λεγόμενοι ταριχευθέντεσ εἰσὶ μέσοι, ξανθίασ δ’ ἐπὶ ποσὸν βρωμώδησ ἐστὶν καὶ ἁπαλώτεροσ τοῦ ὀρκύνου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 53 5:1)
  • ὧν δ’ ἕνεκα κλεὶσ καὶ μοχλὸσ καὶ αὔλειοσ, ταῦτ’ ἀνακαλύπτων καὶ φέρων εἰσ τὸ μέσον ἑτέροισ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 3 3:2)
  • ὧν δ’ ἕνεκα κλεὶσ καὶ μοχλὸσ καὶ αὔλειοσ, ταῦτ’ ἀνακαλύπτων καὶ φέρων εἰσ τὸ μέσον ἑτέροισ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 3 7:1)
  • "δοκεῖ, ἀλλ’ εἰ ἡ κλεὶσ τῷ δράκοντι περιειλίχθη, τέρασ ἂν ἦν. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 21)
  • "δοκεῖ, ἀλλ’ εἰ ἡ κλεὶσ; (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 2 1:1)
  • καὶ προθυμουμένων οὐ κατὰ καιρὸν μάχεσθαι πρὸσ ἑξακισμυρίουσ ὁπλίτασ, ἐνέστη καὶ διεκώλυσε, μονονοὺ τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ δήμου καὶ τὰσ κλεῖσ τῶν πυλῶν ἀποσφραγισάμενοσ. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 2 5:1)
  • τηρεῖ δ’ οὗτοσ τάσ τε κλεῖσ τὰσ τῶν ἱερῶν, ἐν οἷσ τὰ χρήματ’ ἐστὶν καὶ <τὰ> γράμματα τῇ πόλει, καὶ τὴν δημοσίαν σφραγῖδα, καὶ μένειν ἀναγκαῖον ἐν τῇ θόλῳ τοῦτόν ἐστιν καὶ τριττὺν τῶν πρυτάνεων ἣν ἂν οὗτοσ κελεύῃ. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 44 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. The hook of a clasp

  2. The rowing bench of a ship

  3. A narrow strait or pass

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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