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λευκόπετρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: λευκόπετρον λευκόπετρου

Structure: λευκοπετρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: pe/tra

Sense

  1. a white rock

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

  • οὕτωσ ὥστ’ ἀναγκασθῆναι τὸν Ἀννίβαν μετὰ τῆσ ἡμισείασ δυνάμεωσ νυκτερεῦσαι περί τι λευκόπετρον ὀχυρὸν χωρὶσ τῶν ἵππων καὶ τῶν ὑποζυγίων, ἐφεδρεύοντα τούτοισ, ἑώσ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ νυκτὶ ταῦτα μόλισ ἐξεμηρύσατο τῆσ χαράδρασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 53 5:1)
  • πρὸσ γὰρ τὰ παρακείμενα τῶν ὀρῶν οὐχ οἱο͂́ν τ’ ἦν τούτοισ προσβαλεῖν, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ ψιλοῖσ καὶ τοῖσ εὐζώνοισ οὐκ ἀδύνατοσ ἦν ἡ δι’ αὐτῶν τῶν λευκοπέτρων ἀναβολή. (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 30 5:2)

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

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