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κλεψύδρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλεψύδρα κλεψύδρας

Structure: κλεψυδρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: u(/dwr

Sense

  1. pipette
  2. water clock; clepsydra. The ancient form was similar to the pipette.

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κλεψύδρα κλεψύδρᾱ κλεψύδραι
Genitive κλεψύδρᾱς κλεψύδραιν κλεψυδρῶν
Dative κλεψύδρᾱͅ κλεψύδραιν κλεψύδραις
Accusative κλεψύδραν κλεψύδρᾱ κλεψύδρᾱς
Vocative κλεψύδρα κλεψύδρᾱ κλεψύδραι

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

  • οὐχὶ κλεψύδρα; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 2:41)
  • καὶ τὸ ὑδραυλικὸν δὲ ὄργανον δοκεῖ κλεψύδρα εἶναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 75 2:4)
  • καὶ ἄλλα δὲ πολλά, ὦναιδέσ, δράματα ἀπὸ ἑταιρῶν ἔσχε τὰσ ἐπιγραφάσ, Θάλαττα Διοκλέουσ, Φερεκράτουσ Κοριαννώ, Εὐνίκου ἢ Φιλυλλίου Ἄντεια, Μενάνδρου δὲ Θαὶσ καὶ Φάνιον, Ἀλέξιδοσ Ὀπώρα, Εὐβούλου Κλεψύδρα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 21 4:4)
  • ἐσ δὲ τὴν κορυφὴν ἐρχομένῳ τῆσ Ἰθώμησ, ἣ δὴ Μεσσηνίοισ ἐστὶν ἀκρόπολισ, πηγὴ Κλεψύδρα γίνεται. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 33 2:1)
  • κάλλιστα δήπου λουσαμένη τῇ Κλεψύδρᾳ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene 1:50)
  • ἔστι δ’ ἐν Φαναῖσι πρὸσ τῇ Κλεψύδρᾳ πανοῦργον ἐγ‐ γλωττογαστόρων γένοσ, οἳ θερίζουσίν τε καὶ σπείρουσι καὶ τρυγῶσι ταῖσ γλώτταισι συκάζουσί τε· (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, antistrohe 11)

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