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λάρναξ

Third declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λάρναξ λάρνακος

Structure: λαρνακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a coffer, box, chest
  2. a cinerary urn or coffin
  3. an ark

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λάρναξ λάρνακε λάρνακες
Genitive λάρνακος λαρνάκοιν λαρνάκων
Dative λάρνακι λαρνάκοιν λάρναξιν*
Accusative λάρνακα λάρνακε λάρνακας
Vocative λάρναξ λάρνακε λάρνακες

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

  • ᾀσεῖ δ’ ὥσ ποκ’ ἔδεκτο τὸν αἰπόλον εὐρέα λάρναξ ζωὸν ἐόντα κακαῖσιν ἀτασθαλίαισιν ἄνακτοσ, ὥσ τέ νιν αἱ σιμαὶ λειμωνόθε φέρβον ἰοῖσαι κέδρον ἐσ ἁδεῖαν μαλακοῖσ ἄνθεσσι μέλισσαι, οὕνεκά οἱ γλυκὺ Μοῖσα κατὰ στόματοσ χέε νέκταρ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 38)
  • λάρναξ κέδρου μὲν πεποίηται, ζῴδια δὲ ἐλέφαντοσ ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ, τὰ δὲ χρυσοῦ, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἐξ αὐτῆσ ἐστιν εἰργασμένα τῆσ κέδρου. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , mixed meters5)
  • ἵλαθι, Χριστέ σὸσ τύποσ ἡ λάρναξ, τῇδε λοεσσομένου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 622)
  • λάρναξ δὲ κέδρου μὲν πεποίηται, ζῴδια δὲ ἐλέφαντοσ ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ, τὰ δὲ χρυσοῦ, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἐξ αὐτῆσ ἐστιν εἰργασμένα τῆσ κέδρου· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 17 9:1)
  • Πατρεῖσ δὲ οἱ Ἀχαιοὶ λόγῳ μὲν λέγουσιν ὅτι Ἡφαίστου ποίημά ἐστιν ἡ λάρναξ ἣν Εὐρύπυλοσ ἤνεγκεν ἐξ Ἰλίου, ἔργῳ δὲ οὐ παρέχουσιν αὐτὴν θεάσασθαι. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 41 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a coffer

  2. a cinerary urn or coffin

Related

Similar forms

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

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