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λιθοτομία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιθοτομία

Structure: λιθοτομι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from liqoto/mos

Sense

  1. a place where stone is cut, a quarry;, quarries

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

  • τὸ δὲ αἴτιον ὅτι χρήματα μὲν κάτωθεν λαμβάνομεν ἐκ τῶν μετάλλων καὶ λιθοτομιῶν καὶ παρὰ σκυθρωπῶν τῶν ἔργων, λόγοι δὲ ἡμῖν παρὰ τῶν οὐδὲν ἀπολλύντων δι’ ὧν ἡμᾶσ εὖ ποιοῦσιν ἥκουσι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 102:9)

Related

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

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