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μαργαρίτης

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαργαρίτης μαργαρίτου

Structure: μαργαριτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: A Persian word.

Sense

  1. pearl
  2. a type of Egyptian plant

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

  • εἴ που κάλλιστον ὁρ́μον εἶδεσ ἐκ τῶν στιλπνοτάτων καὶ ἰσομεγεθῶν μαργαριτῶν, οὕτωσ ἐπὶ στίχου ἐπεφύκεσαν ἐκοσμοῦντο δὲ μάλιστα τῷ τῶν χειλῶν ἐρυθήματι. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 9:9)
  • περὶ δὲ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἰνδικὴν γινομένων ὀστρέων ‐ ου’ γὰρ ἄκαιρον καὶ τούτων μνησθῆναι διὰ τὴν τῶν μαργαριτῶν χρῆσιν Θεόφραστοσ μὲν ἐν τῷ περὶ λίθων γράφει οὕτωσ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 451)
  • φέρει δὲ καὶ λιθείαν ἡ χώρα πολυτελῆ κρυστάλλων καὶ ἀνθράκων παντοίων, καθάπερ τῶν μαργαριτῶν. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 134:7)

Synonyms

  1. a type of Egyptian plant

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