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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)
  • οὐχὶ κλεψύδρα; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 2:41)
  • εἰσὶ δὲ κλεψύδραι αὐλίσκουσ ἔχουσα̣ (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 67 2:1)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)

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