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λιθεία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιθεία

Structure: λιθει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: li/qos

Sense

  1. a, fine stone or marble for building
  2. a precious stone

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

  • πλαταμῶνεσ γὰρ εἰσίν, ἀφ’ ὧν τὴν λιθείαν ἔχειν ἄφθονον συμβαίνει τοῖσ Μαζακηνοῖσ πρὸσ τὰσ οἰκοδομίασ, καλυπτόμεναι δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν ὑδάτων αἱ πλάκεσ ἀντιπράττουσι. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 2 14:3)
  • τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὄφελόσ ἐστιν οὐ μικρόν, τὴν λιθείαν πρὸσ τὰσ οἰκοδομίασ ἄφθονον καὶ ἐγγύθεν ἔχον καὶ μάλιστα πρὸσ τὰσ τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων δημοσίων ἔργων κατασκευάσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 2 44:3)
  • φέρει δὲ καὶ λιθείαν ἡ χώρα πολυτελῆ κρυστάλλων καὶ ἀνθράκων παντοίων, καθάπερ τῶν μαργαριτῶν. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 134:7)
  • ἦν δέ τι καὶ τὸ πολυχρημάτουσ ἀκούειν ἐκ παντὸσ χρόνου, πρὸσ ἄργυρον καὶ χρυσὸν τὰ ἀρώματα διατιθεμένουσ καὶ τὴν πολυτελεστάτην λιθείαν, ἀναλίσκοντασ τῶν λαμβανομένων τοῖσ ἔξω μηδέν· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 43:4)

Synonyms

  1. a

  2. a precious stone

Related

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

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