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κόγχη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κόγχη

Structure: κογχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

a mussel or cockle
the case round a seal

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κόγχη	κόγχᾱ	κόγχαι
Genitive	κόγχης	κόγχαιν	κογχῶν
Dative	κόγχῃ	κόγχαιν	κόγχαις
Accusative	κόγχην	κόγχᾱ	κόγχᾱς
Vocative	κόγχη	κόγχᾱ	κόγχαι

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 πᾶσι δὲ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην δύο Τρίτωνεσ ἔφερον ἐπὶ κόγχησ κατακειμένην, ἄνθη παντοῖα ἐπιπάττουσαν τῇ νύμφῃ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 3 1:2)
κἂν ἀποθνῄσκων ὁ πατήρ τῳ δῷ καταλείπων παῖδ’ ἐπίκληρον, κλάειν ἡμεῖσ μακρὰ τὴν κεφαλὴν εἰπόντεσ τῇ διαθήκῃ καὶ τῇ κόγχῃ τῇ πάνυ σεμνῶσ τοῖσ σημείοισιν ἐπούσῃ, ἔδομεν ταύτην ὅστισ ἂν ἡμᾶσ ἀντιβολήσασ ἀναπείσῃ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, epirrheme 1:6)
καὶ λέγει Μεγασθένησ, θηρεύεσθαι αὐτοῦ τὴν κόγχην δικτύοισι, νέμεσθαι δὲ κατὰ τωὐτὸ πολλὰσ κόγχασ, κατάπερ τὰσ μελίσσασ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 8 11:1)
ἐρέβινθοσ κύαμοσ, χόνδροσ, τυρόσ, μέλι, σησαμίδεσ, βάτραχοσ, βότρυεσ, ῥοῦσ, πυραμίδεσ, μῆλον, κάρυον, γάλα, κανναβίδεσ, κόγχαι, χυλόσ, Διὸσ ἐγκέφαλοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 507)
ἀραρὼσ δὲ Καμπυλίωνί φησιν τὰ κομψὰ μὲν δὴ ταῦτα νωγαλεύματα, κόγχαι τε καὶ σωλῆνεσ αἵ τε καμπύλαι καρῖδεσ ἐξήλλοντο δελφίνων δίκην. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 32 2:2)
Τηλεκλείδησ δ’ ἐν Ἡσιόδοισ κόγχη φησὶ διελεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 33 1:1)
"πίνη, ὄστρεον, μῦσ, κτείσ, σωλήν, κόγχη, λεπάσ, τῆθοσ, βάλανοσ, πορευτικὰ δὲ κῆρυξ, πορφύρα, ἡδυπορφύρα, ἐχῖνοσ, στράβηλοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 35 2:1)
"ἐστὶ δ’ ὁ μὲν κτεὶσ τραχυόστρακοσ, ῥαβδωτόσ, τὸ δὲ τῆθοσ ἀράβδωτον, λειόστρακον, ἡ δὲ πίνη λεπτόστομον, τὸ δὲ ὄστρεον παχύστομον, δίθυρον δὲ καὶ τραχυόστρακον, λεπὰσ δὲ μονόθυρον καὶ λειόστρακον, συμφυὲσ δὲ μῦσ, μονοφυὲσ δὲ καὶ λειόστρακον σωλὴν καὶ βάλανοσ, κοινὸν δ’ ἐξ ἀμφοῖν κόγχη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 35 2:2)

Synonyms

a mussel or cockle
- κόγχος (mussel, cockle)
- κογχύλιον (a small kind of mussel or cockle)
the case round a seal
- φώκη (seal)
- σήμαντρον (a seal)

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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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κόγχη

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a mussel or cockle

the case round a seal

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κόγχη

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

a mussel or cockle

the case round a seal

Similar forms

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