κλῖμαξ
Third declension Noun; Feminine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κλῖμαξ
κλίμακος
Structure:
κλιμακ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- ladder
- staircase
- torture instrument shaped like a ladder
- a certain wrestling move
- (rhetoric) climax
- the blocks of wood placed above the wheels of a chariot
Declension
Third 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.
- Ὅμηροσ ὁ ποιητήσ φησι τοὺσ Ἀλωέωσ υἱέασ, δύο καὶ αὐτοὺσ ὄντασ, ἔτι παῖδασ ἐθελῆσαί ποτε τὴν Ὄσσαν ἐκ βάθρων ἀνασπάσαντασ ἐπιθεῖναι τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ, εἶτα τὸ Πήλιον ἐπ’ αὐτῇ, ἱκανὴν ταύτην κλίμακα ἕξειν οἰομένουσ καὶ πρόσβασιν ἐπὶ τὸν οὐρανόν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 3:10)
- ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνά μοι φράσον, εἰ δοκεῖ, τίνα τρόπον ἤρθησ ἄνω καὶ ὁπόθεν ἐπορίσω κλίμακα τηλικαύτην τὸ μέγεθοσ; (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 2:7)
- δεῦρο δεῦρ’ ὦ Ξανθία, κλίμακα λαβὼν ἔξελθε καὶ σμινύην φέρων, κἄπειτ’ ἐπαναβὰσ ἐπὶ τὸ φροντιστήριον τὸ τέγοσ κατάσκαπτ’, εἰ φιλεῖσ τὸν δεσπότην, ἑώσ ἂν αὐτοῖσ ἐμβάλῃσ τὴν οἰκίαν· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Episode 1:6)
- Ἀπνουν ἢ σκοτειντρ ἢ δυσχείμερον οἰκίαν ἢ νοσώδη φυγεῖν μὲν ἴσωσ ἄριστον ἂν δὲ φιλοχωρῇ τισ ὑπὸ συνηθείασ, ἔστι καὶ φῶτα μεταθέντα καὶ κλίμακα μεταβαλόντα καὶ θύρασ τινὰσ ἀνοίξαντα τὰσ δὲ κλείσαντα λαμπροτέραν εὐπνουστέραν ὑγιεινοτέραν μηχανήσασθαι . (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 11)
- "ταῖσ μεταπεμψαμέναισ ἀρεσκευόμεναι κλίμακα κατεσκεύαζον ἐξ ἑαυτῶν οὕτωσ ὥστ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσ νώτοισ αὐτῶν τὴν ἀνάβασιν γίγνεσθαι καὶ τὴν κατάβασιν ταῖσ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαξῶν ὀχουμέναισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 67 2:12)
Synonyms
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ladder
-
torture instrument shaped like a ladder
