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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)
  • ὅντινα καὶ ἐσ τοῦτο ἔτι οἵ τε ἐξ Ἰνδῶν τῆσ χώρησ τὰ ἀγώγιμα παῤ ἡμέασ ἀγινέοντεσ σπουδῇ ὠνεόμενοι ἐκκομίζουσι, καὶ Ἑλλήνων δὲ πάλαι καὶ Ῥωμαίων νῦν ὅσοι πολυκτέανοι καὶ εὐδαίμονεσ μέζονι ἔτι σπουδῇ ὠνέονται τὸν μαργαρίτην δὴ τὰν θαλάσσιον οὕτω τῇ Ἰνδῶν γλώσσῃ καλεόμενον. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 8 9:1)
  • τὸν γὰρ Ἡρακλέα, ὡσ καλόν οἱ ἐφάνη τὸ φόρημα, ἐκ πάσησ θαλάσσησ ἐσ τὴν Ἰνδῶν δυναγινέειν τὸν μαργαρίτην δὴ τοῦτον, τῇ θυγατρὶ τῇ ἑωυτοῦ εἶναι κόσμον. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 8 10:1)
  • καὶ εἶναι γὰρ καὶ παῤ Ἰνδοῖσι τὸν μαργαρίτην τριστάσιον κατὰ τιμὴν πρὸσ χρυσίον τὸ ἄπεφθον, καὶ τοῦτο ἐν τῇ Ἰνδῶν γῇ ὀρυσσόμενον. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 8 13:1)
  • ὑπὸ δὲ τὴν ἑώ ἐσ ἄλλην νῆσον πλώσαντεσ ὁρμίζονται οἰκεομένην, ἵνα καὶ μαργαρίτην θηρᾶσθαι λέγει Νέαρχοσ κατάπερ ἐν τῇ Ἰνδῶν θαλάσσῃ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 38 3:1)
  • "τῶν θαυμαζομένων δὲ λίθων ἐστὶν καὶ ὁ μαργαρίτησ καλούμενοσ, διαφανὴσ μὲν τῇ φύσει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 452)
  • λέγει δὲ καὶ ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ Περσικοῦ παράπλου νῆσον, ἐν ᾗ μαργαρίτησ πολὺσ καὶ πολυτίμητόσ ἐστιν, ἐν ἄλλαισ δὲ ψῆφοι τῶν διαυγῶν καὶ λαμπρῶν· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 3 14:5)

Synonyms

  1. a type of Egyptian plant

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