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λοφνίς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λοφνίς λοφνίδος

Structure: λοφνιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: le/pw

Sense

  1. a torch of vine bark

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λοφνίς λοφνίδε λοφνίδες
Genitive λοφνίδος λοφνίδοιν λοφνίδων
Dative λοφνίδι λοφνίδοιν λοφνίσιν*
Accusative λοφνίδα λοφνίδε λοφνίδας
Vocative λοφνί λοφνίδε λοφνίδες

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

  • Κλείταρχοσ δ’ ἐν ταῖσ Γλώσσαισ λοφνίδα φησὶ καλεῖν Ῥοδίουσ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ φλοιοῦ τῆσ ἀμπέλου λαμπάδα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, compendium in ce 1:1)
  • φεύγεθ’ ὅσοι λόκκασ ἢ λοφνίδασ ἢ καμασῆνασ ᾄδετε, ποιητῶν φῦλον ἀκανθολόγων, οἳ τ’ ἐπέων κόσμον λελυγισμένον ἀσκήσαντεσ, κρήνησ ἐξ ἱερῆσ πίνετε λιτὸν ὕδωρ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 201)

Similar forms

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

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