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λίνον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λίνον λίνου

Structure: λιν (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. anything made of flax, cord, thread
  2. the thread of destiny spun by the Fates
  3. fishing net
  4. wick (of a lamp)
  5. linen

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

  • καὶ οὗτοσ μὲν ἀνασπασθεὶσ ἄνω μετέωρόσ ἐστι καὶ μετὰ μικρὸν καταπεσών, ἀπορραγέντοσ τοῦ λίνου ἐπειδὰν μηκέτι ἀντέχῃ πρὸσ τὸ βάροσ, μέγαν τὸν ψόφον ἐργάσεται, οὗτοσ δὲ ὀλίγον ἀπὸ γῆσ αἰωρούμενοσ, ἢν καὶ πέσῃ, ἀψοφητὶ κείσεται,^ μόλισ καὶ τοῖσ γείτοσιν ἐξακουσθέντοσ τοῦ πτώματοσ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 16:8)
  • ἢν πρότερόν μοι, ὦ Ζεῦ, κἀκεῖνο εἴπῃσ, εἰ καὶ ὑμῶν αὗται ἄρχουσι καὶ ἀνάγκη ὑμῖν ἠρτῆσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ λίνου αὐτῶν. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 4:1)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἁ τάλαινα προσέχουσ’ ἔτυχον ἐμαυτῆσ ἔργοισι, λίνου μεστὸν ἄτρακτον εἱειειειλίσσουσα χεροῖν κλωστῆρα ποιοῦσ’, ὅπωσ κνεφαῖοσ εἰσ ἀγορὰν φέρουσ’ ἀποδοίμαν· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, lyric11)
  • ἐσθῆτι δὲ Ἰνδοὶ λινέῃ χρέονται, κατάπερ λέγει Νέαρχοσ, λίνου τοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν δενδρέων, ὑπὲρ ὅτων μοι ἤδη λέλεκται. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 16 1:1)
  • τὸ δὲ λίνον τοῦτο ἢ λαμπρότερον τὴν χροιήν ἐστιν ἄλλου λίνου παντόσ,. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 16 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. the thread of destiny spun by the Fates

  2. fishing net

  3. wick

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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