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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

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

  • ταῦτα πῶσ εἰκότα, γέροντ’ ἀπολέσαι πολιὸν ἄνδρα περὶ κλεψύδραν, πολλὰ δὴ ξυμπονήσαντα καὶ θερμὸν ἀπομορξάμενον ἀνδρικὸν ἱδρῶτα δὴ καὶ πολύν, ἄνδρ’ ἀγαθὸν ὄντα Μαραθῶνι περὶ τὴν πόλιν; (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parabasis, antistrophe1)
  • ἢν δ’ οὖν καταμύσῃ κἂν ἄχνην, ὅμωσ ἐκεῖ ὁ νοῦσ πέτεται τὴν νύκτα περὶ τὴν κλεψύδραν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 3:7)
  • λέγεται δὲ Πλάτωνα μικράν τινα ἔννοιαν δοῦναι τοῦ κατασκευάσματοσ νυκτερινὸν ποιήσαντα ὡρολόγιον ἐοικὸσ τῷ ὑδραυλικῷ οἱο͂ν κλεψύδραν μεγάλην λίαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 75 2:3)
  • ἑταίρα, ἐπειδὴ πρὸσ κλεψύδραν συνουσίαζεν ἑώσ κενωθείη, ὡσ Ἀσκληπιάδησ εἴρηκεν ὁ τοῦ Ἀρείου ἐν τῷ περὶ Δημητρίου τοῦ Φαληρέωσ συγγράμματι, τὸ κύριον αὐτῆσ ὄνομα φάσκων εἶναι Μητίχην. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 21 5:1)
  • καὶ τῶν ῥυτῶν τὰ μέγιστα τῶν ὄντων τρία πίνειν δεήσει τήμερον πρὸσ κλεψύδραν κρουνιζόμενον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 97 1:4)

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