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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λιγνῡ́ς λιγνύε λιγνύες
Genitive λιγνύος λιγνύοιν λιγνύων
Dative λιγνύϊ λιγνύοιν λιγνύσιν*
Accusative λιγνύν λιγνύε λιγνύας
Vocative λιγνύ λιγνύε λιγνύες

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

  • λιγνὺν δοκῶ μοι καθορᾶν καὶ καπνὸν ὦ γυναῖκεσ ὥσπερ πυρὸσ καομένου· (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Parodos, lyric1)
  • ὁ σηματουργὸσ δ’ οὔ τισ εὐτελὴσ ἄρ’ ἦν ὅστισ τόδ’ ἔργον ὤπασεν πρὸσ ἀσπίδι, Τυφῶν’ ἱέντα πύρπνοον διὰ στόμα λιγνὺν μέλαιναν, αἰόλην πυρὸσ κάσιν· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 2 1:4)
  • ὁ δ’ ἀκρήτουσ χέε λοιβὰσ Αἰσονίδησ, γήθει δὲ σέλασ θηεύμενοσ Ἴδμων πάντοσε λαμπόμενον θυέων ἄπο τοῖό τε λιγνὺν πορφυρέαισ ἑλίκεσσιν ἐναίσιμον ἀίσσουσαν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 8:24)
  • καθάπερ ἐμπρησμοῦ μεγάλου λήξαντοσ ἰδεῖν ἔστι μέχρι πολλοῦ τήν τε λιγνὺν καὶ μέρη τινὰ φλεγόμενα. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 56:4)
  • τὰσ δὲ τοῦ ἀργύρου καμίνουσ ποιοῦσιν ὑψηλάσ, ὥστε τὴν ἐκ τῶν βώλων λιγνὺν μετέωρον ἐξαίρεσθαι· (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 2 16:18)

Synonyms

  1. Strabo

  2. soot

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