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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κριθή κριθᾱ́ κριθαί
Genitive κριθῆς κριθαῖν κριθῶν
Dative κριθῇ κριθαῖν κριθαῖς
Accusative κριθήν κριθᾱ́ κριθᾱ́ς
Vocative κριθή κριθᾱ́ κριθαί

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

  • ἔσπειρε δὲ Ἰσαὰκ ἐν τῇ γῇ ἐκείνῃ καὶ εὗρεν ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐκείνῳ ἑκατοστεύουσαν κριθήν. εὐλόγησε δὲ αὐτὸν Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:12)
  • καὶ νῦν τὸν σῖτον καὶ τὴν κριθὴν καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον καὶ τὸν οἶνον, ἃ εἶπεν ὁ κύριόσ μου, ἀποστειλάτω τοῖσ παισὶν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 2:14)
  • οὐχ ὅταν ὁμαλίσῃ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆσ, τότε σπείρει μικρὸν μελάνθιον ἢ κύμινον καὶ πάλιν σπείρει πυρὸν καὶ κριθὴν καὶ κέγχρον καὶ ζέαν ἐν τοῖσ ὁρίοισ σου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 28:25)
  • νὴ τὸν Ἑρμῆν ὥστε γε τούτων ὅσοιπέρ εἰσι τῶν θεωμένων οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδεὶσ ὅστισ οὐ κριθὴν ἔχει. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:9)
  • διὰ τί λέγεται σῖτον ἐν πηλῷ φύτευε, τὴν δὲ κριθὴν ἐν κόνει; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 161)

Synonyms

  1. barley

  2. penis

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