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κολυμβήθρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κολυμβήθρα

Structure: κολυμβηθρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from ko/lumbos

Sense

  1. a swimming-bath

Declension

First 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

  • καὶ ἀπέστειλε βασιλεὺσ Ἀσσυρίων τὸν Θαρθὰν καὶ τὸν Ραφὶσ καὶ τὸν Ραψάκην ἐκ Λαχὶσ πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα Ἐζεκίαν ἐν δυνάμει βαρείᾳ ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἔστησαν ἐν τῷ ὑδραγωγῷ τῆσ κολυμβήθρασ τῆσ ἄνω, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ ἀγροῦ τοῦ γναφέωσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 18:17)
  • 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)
  • ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἐκράτησε Νεεμίασ υἱὸσ Ἀζαβοὺχ ἄρχων ἡμίσουσ περιχώρου Βηθσοὺρ ἕωσ κήπου τάφου Δαυὶδ καὶ ἕωσ τῆσ κολυμβήθρασ τῆσ γεγονυίασ καὶ ἕωσ Βηθαγγαρίμ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 3:16)
  • ἐποίησά μοι κολυμβήθρασ ὑδάτων τοῦ ποτίσαι ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν δρυμὸν βλαστῶντα ξύλα. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 2:6)
  • καὶ ἀνακαλύψουσι τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν οἴκων τῆσ ἄκρασ Δαυίδ. καὶ εἴδοσαν ὅτι πλείουσ εἰσὶ καὶ ὅτι ἀπέστρεψε τὸ ὕδωρ τῆσ ἀρχαίασ κολυμβήθρασ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 22:9)

Synonyms

  1. a swimming-bath

Related

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

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