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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

  • πάντα γὰρ πάρεστι νῷν ὅσων δεόμεθα, πλήν γε δὴ τῆσ κλεψύδρασ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 2:39)
  • ἐξιέναι δὲ μέλλων ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον ἀπὸ τῆσ ἱερᾶσ ἐλαίασ στέφανον ἔλαβε, καὶ κατά τι λόγιον ἀπὸ τῆσ Κλεψύδρασ ὕδατοσ ἐμπλησάμενοσ ἀγγεῖον ἐκόμιζεν. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 34 1:1)
  • ὑπομιμνήσκει δ’ αὐτὸ ἐπὶ τῆσ κλεψύδρασ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 4, 4:2)
  • Ἅμιλλα κλεψύδρασ <καὶ οὐρανοῦ>. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. z'. DHMOKRITOS 16:2)
  • τὸ μὲν δὴ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τῆσ Λευκίππου θυγατρὸσ εἴληφεν, ὑπορρεῖ δὲ ἐσ αὐτὴν ὕδωρ ἐκ πηγῆσ καλουμένησ Κλεψύδρασ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 31 10:2)

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