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λύσσημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: λύσσημα λύσσηματος

Structure: λυσσηματ (Stem)

Etym.: from lussa/w

Sense

  1. a fit of madness, ravings

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λύσσημα λυσσήματε λυσσήματα
Genitive λυσσήματος λυσσημάτοιν λυσσημάτων
Dative λυσσήματι λυσσημάτοιν λυσσήμασιν*
Accusative λύσσημα λυσσήματε λυσσήματα
Vocative λύσσημα λυσσήματε λυσσήματα

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

  • δὸσ τόξα μοι κερουλκά, δῶρα Λοξίου, οἷσ μ’ εἶπ’ Ἀπόλλων ἐξαμύνασθαι θεάσ, εἴ μ’ ἐκφοβοῖεν μανιάσιν λυσσήμασιν. (Euripides, episode 2:12)

Synonyms

  1. a fit of madness

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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