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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

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

  • ὁ δὲ τυτθὸσ ὄπισθε δμῷοσ ἔχων μακέλην πόνον ὀρνίθεσσι τιθείη σπέρμα κατακρύπτων· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 53:2)
  • εἴσατο γάρ μοι ἔχων μακέλην εὐεργέα χερσὶ παῖσ ἐμὸσ ἀμφοτέρῃσι, βίη Ἡρακληείη· (Theocritus, Idylls, 54)
  • αἰεὶ δὲ προπάροιθεν ἑοῦ χροὸσ ἠύτε γέρρον νώμασκεν μακέλην· (Theocritus, Idylls, 59)

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

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