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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κλείς κλεῖδε κλεῖδες
Genitive κλειδός κλειδοῖν κλειδῶν
Dative κλειδί κλειδοῖν κλεισίν*
Accusative κλεῖδα κλεῖδε κλεῖδας
Vocative κλεί κλεῖδε κλεῖδες

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

  • ἀποσταίη ἄρα ὁ ὦμόσ μου ἀπὸ τῆσ κλειδόσ, ὁ δὲ βραχίων μου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγκῶνοσ συντριβείη. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 31:22)
  • Ἢν δὲ ἐσ πῦον τρέπηται, ὀδύνη ὁξεῖα ἴσχει μέσφι κλειδὸσ, ἢ ἄκρου ὤμου. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 241)

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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