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μακέλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μακέλη

Structure: μακελ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: = ma/kella, Hes., Theocr.

Sense

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μακέλη μακέλᾱ μακέλαι
Genitive μακέλης μακέλαιν μακελῶν
Dative μακέλῃ μακέλαιν μακέλαις
Accusative μακέλην μακέλᾱ μακέλᾱς
Vocative μακέλη μακέλᾱ μακέλαι

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

  • πολλοὺσ δ’ εὖ ἔρξαι παῶν, πολλοὺσ δὲ καὶ ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων, αἰεὶ δὲ θεοῖσ ἐπιβώμια ῥέζειν, μηδὲ ξεινοδόκον κακὸν ἔμμεναι, ἀλλὰ τραπέζῃ μειλίξαντ’ ἀποπέμψαι, ἐπὴν ἐθέλωντι νέεσθαι, Μουσάων δὲ μάλιστα τίειν ἱεροὺσ ὑποφήτασ, ὄφρα καὶ εἰν Αἴδαο κεκρυμμένοσ ἐσθλὸσ ἀκούσῃσ, μηδ’ ἀκλεὴσ μύρηαι ἐπὶ ψυχροῦ Ἀχέροντοσ, ὡσεί τισ μακέλᾳ τετυλωμένοσ ἔνδοθι χεῖρασ ἀχὴν ἐκ πατέρων πενίην ἀκτήμονα κλαίων. (Theocritus, Idylls, 19)

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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