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λικμητήρ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λικμητήρ λικμητῆρος

Structure: λικμητηρ (Stem)

Etym.: from likma/w

Sense

  1. a winnower

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

  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτ’ ἀπὸ πλατέοσ πτυόφιν μεγάλην κατ’ ἀλωὴν θρῴσκωσιν κύαμοι μελανόχροεσ ἢ ἐρέβινθοι πνοιῇ ὕπο λιγυρῇ καὶ λικμητῆροσ ἐρωῇ, ὣσ ἀπὸ θώρηκοσ Μενελάου κυδαλίμοιο πολλὸν ἀποπλαγχθεὶσ ἑκὰσ ἔπτατο πικρὸσ ὀϊστόσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 57:6)

Synonyms

  1. a winnower

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

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