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λεπαστή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεπαστή

Structure: λεπαστ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from lepa/s

Sense

  1. a limpet-shaped drinking-cup

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λεπαστή λεπαστᾱ́ λεπασταί
Genitive λεπαστῆς λεπασταῖν λεπαστῶν
Dative λεπαστῇ λεπασταῖν λεπασταῖς
Accusative λεπαστήν λεπαστᾱ́ λεπαστᾱ́ς
Vocative λεπαστή λεπαστᾱ́ λεπασταί

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

  • λεπαστή. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 701)
  • τὴν δὲ γραῦν τὴν ἀσθενοῦσαν πάνυ πάλαι, τὴν βρυτικήν, ῥίζιον τρίψασ τι μικρὸν δελεάσασ τε γεννικῇ τὸ μέγεθοσ κοίλῃ λεπαστῇ, τοῦτ’ ἐποίησεν ἐκπιεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 70 2:2)
  • σπόγγοσ, λεκάνη, πτερόν, λεπαστὴ πάνυ πυκνή, ἣν ἐκπιοῦσ1’ ἄκρατον Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοσ τέττιξ κελαδεῖ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 70 3:1)
  • λεπαστὴ μάλα συχνή, ἣν ἐκπιοῦσ1’ ἄκρατον Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοσ περίστατον βοῶσα τὴν κώμην ποεῖ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 70 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. a limpet-shaped drinking-cup

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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