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κλυταιμνήστρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλυταιμνήστρα

Structure: κλυταιμνηστρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: kluto/s, mna/omai

Sense

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κλυταιμνήστρα κλυταιμνήστρᾱ κλυταιμνῆστραι
Genitive κλυταιμνήστρᾱς κλυταιμνήστραιν κλυταιμνηστρῶν
Dative κλυταιμνήστρᾱͅ κλυταιμνήστραιν κλυταιμνήστραις
Accusative κλυταιμνήστρᾱν κλυταιμνήστρᾱ κλυταιμνήστρᾱς
Vocative κλυταιμνήστρᾱ κλυταιμνήστρᾱ κλυταιμνῆστραι

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

  • οἱ δὲ Τυνδάρεω γαμβροὶ γίνονται θυγατράσιν,ὁ Ἀγαμέμνων μὲν λαβὼν σύνευνον Κλυταιμνήστραν,κτείνασ αὐτῆσ τὸν σύζυγον Τάνταλον τὸν Θυέστουσὺν τέκνῳ πάνυ νεογνῷ, Μενέλαοσ Ἑλένην. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 2 15:3)
  • > Ἀγαμέμνων δὲ βασιλεύει Μυκηναίων καὶ γαμεῖ Τυνδάρεω θυγατέρα Κλυταιμνήστραν, τὸν πρότερον αὐτῆσ ἄνδρα Τάνταλον Θυέστου σὺν τῷ παιδὶ κτείνασ, καὶ γίνεται αὐτῷ παῖσ μὲν Ὀρέστησ, θυγατέρεσ δὲ Χρυσόθεμισ Ἠλέκτρα Ἰφιγένεια. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 2 15:4)
  • τοῦ δὲ χρησμοῦ τούτου γενομένου, πέμψασ Ἀγαμέμνων πρὸσ Κλυταιμνήστραν Ὀδυσσέα καὶ Ταλθύβιον Ἰφιγένειαν ᾔτει, λέγων ὑπεσχῆσθαι δώσειν αὐτὴν Ἀχιλλεῖ γυναῖκα μισθὸν τῆσ στρατείασ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 3 30:1)
  • ἄπρακτοσ δὲ ὑποστρέψασ, ὡσ πάντων χαριζομένων τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἀγαμέμνονι, μεθ’ οὗ τὸν Παλαμήδην ἀνεῖλεν Ὀδυσσεύσ, παραπλέων τὰσ χώρασ τὰσ Ἑλληνίδασ παρεσκεύασε τὰσ τῶν Ἑλλήνων γυναῖκασ μοιχευθῆναι, Κλυταιμνήστραν Αἰγίσθῳ, Αἰγιάλειαν τῷ Σθενέλου Κομήτῃ, τὴν Ἰδομενέωσ Μήδαν ὑπὸ Λεύκου· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 6 16:1)
  • ὁ δὲ Ἀγαμέμνων διὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐπαιρόμενοσ τὴν Κλυταιμνήστραν ἠτίμασεν, ὥστε δῆλον ἦν ὅτι οὐκ ἀνέξοιντο ἀλλήλων, ἀλλ̓ ἔσοιτο τοιαῦτα σχεδὸν ὁποῖα συνέπεσεν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 21:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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