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λήμη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λήμη

Structure: λημ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a humour that gathers in the corner of the eye, gum, rheum, eyesore, that dim the eyes

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

  • ἔστι δ’ αἱμυλώτατον κρότημ’ Ὀδυσσεύσ, λῆμά τ’ ἀρκούντωσ θρασὺσ καὶ πλεῖστα χώραν τήνδ’ ἀνὴρ καθυβρίσασ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:9)
  • ἕτερον αὖ τι λῆμα τοῦτο κομψότερον ἔτ’ ἢ τὸ πρότερον ἀναπέφηνεν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, strophe 21)
  • ὡσ ἐσ τὸ λῆμα παντὸσ ἦν ἥσσων ἀνήρ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 5:37)
  • νῦν δή σε πάντα δεῖ κάλων ἐξιέναι σεαυτοῦ, καὶ λῆμα θούριον φορεῖν καὶ λόγουσ ἀφύκτουσ ὅτοισι τόνδ’ ὑπερβαλεῖ. (Aristotle, Agon, strophe1)
  • λῆμα μὲν πάρεστι τῷδέ γ’ οὐκ ἄτολμον ἀλλ’ ἕτοιμον. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Choral, lyric1)

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

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