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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

  • τὴν δὲ πύλην τῆσ πηγῆσ ἠσφαλίσατο Σαλωμὼν υἱὸσ Χολεζὲ ἄρχων μέρουσ τῆσ Μασφά. αὐτὸσ ἐξῳκοδόμησεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐστέγασεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἔστησε τὰσ θύρασ αὐτῆσ καὶ μοχλοὺσ αὐτῆσ καὶ τὸ τεῖχοσ κολυμβήθρασ τῶν κωδίων τῇ κουρᾷ τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ ἕωσ τῶν κλιμάκων τῶν καταβαινουσῶν ἀπὸ πόλεωσ Δαυίδ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 3:15)
  • οὔ τἄρ’ ἔτ’ ὀρθῶσ Καπανέωσ κεραύνιον δέμασ καπνοῦται, κλιμάκων ὀρθοστάτασ ὃσ προσβαλὼν πύλῃσιν ὤμοσεν πόλιν πέρσειν θεοῦ θέλοντοσ ἤν τε μὴ θέλῃ; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 4:2)
  • τοιόνδε τὸν στρατηγὸν αἱρεῖσθαι χρεών, ὃσ ἔν τε τοῖσ δεινοῖσίν ἐστιν ἄλκιμοσ μισεῖ θ’ ὑβριστὴν λαόν, ὃσ πράσσων καλῶσ ἐσ ἄκρα βῆναι κλιμάκων ἐνήλατα ζητῶν ἀπώλεσ’ ὄλβον ᾧ χρῆσθαι παρῆν. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 2:1)
  • αἰρέσθω λαβὼν πηκτῶν πρὸσ οἴκουσ κλιμάκων προσαμβάσεισ, ὡσ πασσαλεύσῃ κρᾶτα τριγλύφοισ τόδε λέοντοσ ὃν πάρειμι θηράσασ’ ἐγώ. (Euripides, episode 1:4)
  • ὄρεγέ νυν ὄρεγε γεραιὰν νέᾳ χεῖρ’ ἀπὸ κλιμάκων ποδὸσ ἴχνοσ ἐπαντέλλων. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric1)

Synonyms

  1. ladder

  2. torture instrument shaped like a ladder

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