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λείᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λείᾱ λείας

Structure: λει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. booty, plunder
  2. the act of plunder
  3. stolen property
  4. herd, flock

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

  • οὐ κνῶσαι οὐδὲ θρύπτουσαι, ὥσπερ αἱ εἰσ σάρκα λεῖαι καὶ προσηνεῖσ γινόμεναι κινήσεισ; (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 5 8:1)
  • ἐξ ὧν μαλακαί τε φωναὶ γίνονται καὶ σκληραὶ καὶ λεῖαι καὶ τραχεῖαι, γλυκαίνουσαί τε τὴν ἀκοὴν καὶ πικραίνουσαι, καὶ στύφουσαι καὶ διαχέουσαι, καὶ πᾶσαν ἄλλην κατασκευάζουσαι διάθεσιν φυσικήν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1521)
  • "χημῶν δὲ τῶν τραχειῶν αἱ μικραὶ καὶ λεπτὴν ἔχουσαι τὴν σάρκα ὄστρεα λέγονται καὶ εὐστόμαχοί εἰσι καὶ εὐέκκριτοι αἱ δὲ λεῖαι, βασιλικαὶ δὲ πρόσ τινων καλούμεναι πελώριαί τε λεγόμεναι, τρόφιμοι, δυσέκκριτοι, εὔχυλοι, εὐστόμαχοι, καὶ μάλιστα αἱ μείζουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 40 1:1)
  • ὁ πνεύμων μὲν οὖν καὶ ὁ θώραξ καὶ ἀρτηρίαι αἱ τραχεῖαι καὶ αἱ λεῖαι καὶ καρδία καὶ στόμα καὶ Ῥῖνεσ ἐν ἐλαχίσταισ χρόνου Ῥοπαῖσ εἰσ ἐναντίασ κινήσεισ αὐτά τε μεταβάλλει καὶ τὰσ ὕλασ μεθίστησιν. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 1361)
  • αὗται δ’ εὐπερίσπαστοι τὰ ἄκρα καὶ αὗται λεῖαι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 2 8:3)

Synonyms

  1. booty

  2. the act of plunder

  3. stolen property

  4. herd

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