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κριθή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κριθή κριθῆς

Structure: κριθ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: mostly in pl.,

Sense

  1. barley
  2. pustule on the eyelid
  3. barleycorn (unit of weight)
  4. penis

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

  • ὀμνύουσι γὰρ ὁρ́οισ χρήσασθαι τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ πυροῖσ, κριθαῖσ, ἀμπέλοισ, ἐλαίαισ, οἰκείαν ποιεῖσθαι διδασκόμενοι τὴν ἥμερον καὶ καρποφόρον. (Plutarch, , chapter 15 4:2)
  • οἱ πλεῖστοι τῶν Ἑλλήνων πρὸσ τὰσ πάνυ παλαιὰσ θυσίασ ἐχρῶντο ταῖσ κριθαῖσ, ἀπαρχομένων τῶν πολιτῶν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 62)
  • οἱ πλεῖστοι τῶν Ἑλλήνων πρὸσ τὰσ πάνυ παλαιὰσ θυσίασ ἐχρῶντο ταῖσ κριθαῖσ, ἀπαρχομένων τῶν πολιτῶν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 62)
  • ἄλλον δέ, ταῖσ κριθαῖσ λίθουσ καὶ γῆν εἰσ τὸ μέτρον τοῦ ἐπιστάτου καταμιγνύοντοσ, ἑψομένων κρεῶν, δραξάμενον τῆσ τέφρασ ἐμβαλεῖν εἰσ τὴν χύτραν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 12 7:1)
  • καὶ ὥσπερ ἡμεῖσ οἱ Ἕλληνεσ τὸν κρίθινον καρπὸν ἀρχαιότατον ὑπολαμβάνοντεσ ἐπὶ τῶν θυσιῶν κριθαῖσ καταρχόμεθα οὐλὰσ αὐτὰσ καλοῦντεσ, οὕτω Ῥωμαῖοι τιμιώτατόν τε καρπὸν καὶ ἀρχαιότατον εἶναι νομίζοντεσ τὰσ ζέασ διὰ τούτων ἁπάσησ ἐμπύρου θυσίασ κατάρχονται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 25 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. barley

  2. penis

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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