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λιγνῡ́ς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιγνῡ́ς λιγνύος

Structure: λιγνυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. thick smoke mixed with flame, murky fire (such as is made by burning resinous substances)
  2. Strabo, Geography 6.2.11
  3. soot

Declension

Third 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

  • ἀγγελίην θείῳ καὶ λιγνύϊ μηνύουσα, καὶ φράσαι Ἀργῴην οὐκ ἐπόθησε τρόπιν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 637 1:1)
  • ἀλλὰ σιδηροφόρον στυφελὴν χθόνα γατομέοντεσ ὦνον ἀμείβονται βιοτήσιον, οὐδέ ποτέ σφιν ἠὼσ ἀντέλλει καμάτων ἄτερ, ἀλλὰ κελαινῇ λιγνύι καὶ καπνῷ κάματον βαρὺν ὀτλεύουσιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 17:3)
  • οὐ στροβίλῳ λιγνύι Ἰξὸσ εὐώδησ μελαίνει τρεχνέων με Νυσίων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 25 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. Strabo

  2. soot

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