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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.

Synonyms

  1. ladder

  2. torture instrument shaped like a ladder

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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