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λαβή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαβή

Structure: λαβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: labei=n

Sense

  1. the part intended for grasping, a handle, haft
  2. a grip or hold, a handle, occasion, opportunity

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 ἐπεισήνεγκε καί γε τὴν λαβὴν ὀπίσω τῆσ φλογόσ, καὶ ἐπέκλεισε τὸ στέαρ κατὰ τῆσ φλογόσ, ὅτι οὐκ ἐξέσπασε τὴν μάχαιραν ἐκ τῆσ κοιλίασ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 3:22)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἐνδώσει τισ ἡμῶν ταῖσδε κἂν σμικρὰν λαβήν, οὐδὲν ἐλλείψουσιν αὗται λιπαροῦσ χειρουργίασ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ναῦσ τεκτανοῦνται, κἀπιχειρήσουσ’ ἔτι ναυμαχεῖν καὶ πλεῖν ἐφ’ ἡμἁσ ὥσπε, Ἀρτεμισία. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, trochees1)
  • καὶ μὴ μεθῇσ τὸν ἄνδρ’, ἐπειδή σοι λαβὴν δέδωκεν· (Aristotle, Agon, 1)
  • λαβὴν γὰρ ἐνδέδωκασ. (Aristotle, Agon, antepirrheme4)
  • οὗτοι δ’, ὡσ ἅπαξ παρέδωκεν λαβὴν Ὑπέρβολοσ, τοῦτον δείλαιον κολετρῶσ’ ἀεὶ καὶ τὴν μητέρα. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parabasis, parabasis15)

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

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