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κλυταιμνήστρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλυταιμνήστρα

Structure: κλυταιμνηστρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: kluto/s, mna/omai

Sense

Examples

  • ὥστε πρὸσ τὰ γιγνόμενα καὶ πρὸσ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀποπλάττεσθαι τὸ τῆσ Κλυταιμνήστρασ ἐνύπνιον τὸν Στησίχορον, οὑτωσί πωσ λέγοντα τᾷ δὲ δράκων ἐδόκησεν μολεῖν κάρα βεβροτωμένοσ ἄκρον, ἐκ δ’ ἄρα τοῦ βασιλεὺσ Πλεισθενίδασ ἐφάνη. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 10 7:1)
  • Ἀγαμέμνων δὲ καταντήσασ εἰσ Μυκήνασ μετὰ Κασάνδρασ ἀναιρεῖται ὑπὸ Αἰγίσθου καὶ Κλυταιμνήστρασ· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 6 37:1)
  • ὡσ μὲν λέγουσί τινεσ ὑπὸ Ἐρινύων, ὡσ δέ τινεσ ὑπὸ Τυνδάρεω, ὡσ δέ τινεσ ὑπὸ Ἠριγόνησ τῆσ Αἰγίσθου καὶ Κλυταιμνήστρασ, καὶ κριθεὶσ ἴσων γενομένων τῶν ψήφων ἀπολύεται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 6 40:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἤκουε τὰ περὶ τὴν οἰκίαν τὴν τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονοσ ὁποῖα ἦν, ὡσ χαλεπά, καὶ τὴν ὠμότητα τῆσ Κλυταιμνήστρασ καὶ τὸ θράσοσ, ἐνταῦθα ἐφοβεῖτο τὴν εἰσ τὸ Ἄργοσ ἄφιξιν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 16:2)
  • οὗτοσ δ̓ ἀπέκτεινε μὲν μετὰ τῆσ Κλυταιμνήστρασ τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα τὸν ποιμένα τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, κἀκείνην Ὀρέστησ ὁ υἱόσ, καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσασ εὐθὺσ ἐμαίνετο. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 10:1)

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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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