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κλῖμαξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλῖμαξ κλίμακος

Structure: κλιμακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kli/nw

Sense

  1. ladder
  2. staircase
  3. torture instrument shaped like a ladder
  4. a certain wrestling move
  5. (rhetoric) climax
  6. the blocks of wood placed above the wheels of a chariot

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κλῖμαξ κλίμακε κλίμακες
Genitive κλίμακος κλιμάκοιν κλιμάκων
Dative κλίμακι κλιμάκοιν κλίμαξιν*
Accusative κλίμακα κλίμακε κλίμακας
Vocative κλίμαξ κλίμακε κλίμακες

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

  • τῇ τετάρτῃ δὲ τῶν Μακεδόνων τὴν φάλαγγα πάντοθεν προσαγαγὼν Ἀλέξανδροσ τῇ μὲν ὑπορυσσόμενον τὸ τεῖχοσ καταβάλλει, τῇ δὲ παιόμενον ταῖσ μηχαναῖσ κατασείει ἐπὶ πολύ, ὡσ μὴ χαλεπὴν ταῖσ κλίμαξιν τὴν προσβολὴν κατὰ τὰ ἐρηριμμένα ἐνδοῦναι. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 27 5:1)
  • τῶν δ’ ἔνδοθεν οἱ μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ τεῖχοσ, οἱ δὲ καὶ ἔξωθεν ἔτι ἐπαναβαίνοντασ, ἐπὶ ταῖσ κλίμαξιν ὄντασ, ἔπαιον, οἱ δὲ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀναβεβηκότασ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοὺσ πύργουσ ἐμάχοντο, καὶ πῦρ εὑρόντεσ ἐν ταῖσ σκηναῖσ ὑφῆπτον αὐτούσ, προσφοροῦντεσ τῶν δραγμάτων ἃ ἔτυχεν ἐξ αὐτῆσ τῆσ ἀκροπόλεωσ τεθερισμένα. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 2 10:4)

Synonyms

  1. ladder

  2. torture instrument shaped like a ladder

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