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μαρμαρυγή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαρμαρυγή

Structure: μαρμαρυγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: marmai/rw

Sense

  1. a flashing, sparkling, the quick twinkling

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

  • λάμπει δ’ ὑπὸ μαρμαρυγαῖσ ὁ χρυσὸσ ὑψιδαιδάλτων τριπόδων σταθέντων πάροιθε ναοῦ, τόθι μέγιστον ἄλσοσ Φοίβου παρὰ Κασταλίασ ῥεέθροισ Δελφοὶ διέπουσι. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. a flashing

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

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