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κύλινδρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κύλινδρος κυλίνδρου

Structure: κυλινδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from kuli/ndw

Sense

  1. round stone, tumbler, marble (child's toy)
  2. roller, cylinder
  3. roll of a book, volume

Declension

Second 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

  • "ὅπου γὰρ ἀψύχοισ σώμασι καὶ κατὰ ταὐτὰ μονίμοισ οὐκ ἔστι χρήσασθαι παρ’ ὃ πέφυκε βιαζόμενον, οὐδὲ κινῆσαι σφαιρικῶσ κύλινδρον ἢ κυβικῶσ ἢ λύραν αὐλητικῶσ ἢ σάλπιγγα κιθαριστικῶσ· (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 2111)
  • πολλῶν δὲ καὶ καλῶν εὑρετὴσ γεγονώσ λέγεται τῶν φίλων δεηθῆναι καὶ τῶν συγγενῶν ὅπωσ αὐτοῦ μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν ἐπιστήσωσι τῷ τάφῳ τὸν περιλαμβάνοντα τὴν σφαῖραν ἐντὸσ κύλινδρον, ἐπιγράψαντεσ τὸν λόγον τῆσ ὑπεροχῆσ τοῦ περιέχοντοσ στερεοῦ πρὸσ τὸ περιεχόμενον. (Plutarch, Marcellus, chapter 17 7:1)
  • Ἀλλ’ ὡσ ὁ κῶνοσ πρὸσ τὸν κῶνον, ὁ κύλινδροσ πρὸσ τὸν κύλινδρον· (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop353)
  • Ὡσ δὲ ὁ κῶνοσ πρὸσ τὸν κῶνον, ὁ κύλινδροσ πρὸσ τὸν κύλινδρον· (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop421)
  • καὶ ὁ κύλινδροσ ἄρα πρὸσ τὸν κύλινδρον τριπλασίονα λόγον ἔχει ἤπερ ἡ ΒΔ πρὸσ τὴν ΖΘ. (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop423)

Synonyms

  1. round stone

  2. roller

  3. roll of a book

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