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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

  • τὰσ μὲν οὖν οἰκοδομὰσ διαμεμενηκέναι μέχρι τῶν νεωτέρων χρόνων, τὸν δ’ ἄργυρον καὶ χρυσὸν καὶ τὴν δι’ ἐλέφαντοσ καὶ λιθείασ πολυτέλειαν ὑπὸ Περσῶν σεσυλῆσθαι καθ’ οὓσ καιροὺσ ἐνέπρησε τὰ κατ’ Αἴγυπτον ἱερὰ Καμβύσησ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 46 4:1)
  • μονολίθουσ γὰρ κίονασ καὶ πλάκασ μεγάλασ ὁρᾶν ἔστιν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ τῆσ ποικίλησ λιθείασ, ἀφ’ ἧσ ἡ πόλισ κοσμεῖται δημοσίᾳ τε καὶ ἰδίᾳ, πεποίηκέ τε τὰ λευκόλιθα οὐ πολλοῦ ἄξια. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 5 23:13)
  • καὶ ἦν σύστημα ἀνθρώπων ἀποδεδειγμένων εἰσ τὴν φυλακὴν τῆσ λιθείασ ταύτησ καὶ τὴν συναγωγήν, σιταρχούμενον ὑπὸ τῶν τῆσ Αἰγύπτου βασιλέων. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 12:4)

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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