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μαργοσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαργοσύνη

Structure: μαργοσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: = margo/ths, Theogn.

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

  • ἥτισ κηδομένη τόσον ἀνέροσ ἀλλοδαποῖο κάτθανεν, ἥτισ δῶμα καὶ οὓσ ᾔσχυνε τοκῆασ, μαργοσύνῃ εἴξασα. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 13:47)
  • αὐτάρ ἐπεὶ Θήρωνα περὶ φρένασ ἤλυθε πλοῦτοσ, αὐτίκα ταῖσ αὐταῖσ ἐτρέφετ’ ἐν δαπάναισ, γαστρὶ χαριζόμενοσ πᾶσαν χάριν οὐ κατὰ κόσμον, τῇ θ’ ὑπὸ τὴν μιαρὰν γαστέρα μαργοσύνῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 367 1:2)

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

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