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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

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

  • ἐπὶ πύλησ τοῦ αἲν κατέναντι αὐτῶν ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ κλίμακασ πόλεωσ Δαυὶδ ἐν ἀναβάσει τοῦ τείχουσ ἐπάνωθεν τοῦ οἴκου Δαυὶδ καὶ ἕωσ τῆσ πύλησ τοῦ ὕδατοσ κατὰ ἀνατολάσ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 12:33)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἑωθινῇ ᾖραν τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ αὐτῶν καὶ ἰδοὺ λαὸσ πολύσ, οὗ οὐκ ἦν ἀριθμόσ, αἴροντεσ κλίμακασ καὶ μηχανὰσ καταλαβέσθαι τὸ ὀχύρωμα καὶ ἐπολέμουν αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 5:30)
  • ἀλλ’ ὡσ τάχιστα χρὴ παραγγέλλειν στρατῷ τεύχη πρόχειρα λαμβάνειν λῆξαί θ’ ὕπνου, ὡσ ἄν τισ αὐτῶν καὶ νεὼσ θρῴσκων ἔπι νῶτον χαραχθεὶσ κλίμακασ ῥάνῃ φόνῳ, οἳ δ’ ἐν βρόχοισι δέσμιοι λελημμένοι Φρυγῶν ἀρούρασ ἐκμάθωσι γαπονεῖν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode10)
  • οἳ δέ, κλίμακασ σπεύδοντεσ, ἦγον διὰ χερῶν πρυμνήσια, πόντῳ δὲ δόντεσ τοῖν ξένοιν καθίεσαν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 3:3)
  • σὲ δ’ ἀμφὶ σεμνάσ, Ἰφιγένεια, κλίμακασ Βραυρωνίασ δεῖ τῇδε κλῃδουχεῖν θεᾷ· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 10:7)

Synonyms

  1. ladder

  2. torture instrument shaped like a ladder

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