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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

  • τάδε μέντοι βάρεοσ καὶ ἤχων καὶ μαρμαρυγῶν ἐστι αἴτια, τῆσ νούσου τὰ ξύμβολα · ἀγρυπνίη δὲ ἄπεπτον, ἄτροφον, καματηρὸν τῷ σκήνεϊ, ἄθυμον, εὐπαράγωγοσ ἡ γνώμη· διὰ τάδε Ῥηϊδίωσ μαίνονται καὶ μελαγχολέουσι οἵδε· ξύμφοροσ δὲ ὁ μέτριοσ, ἐσ τὴν τῆσ τροφῆσ οἰκονομίην , καὶ ἐσ ἀνάπαυλαν τῶν δι’ ἡμέρασ καμάτων. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 90)

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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