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μάχαιρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μάχαιρα μαχαίρας

Structure: μαχαιρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: ma/xomai

Sense

  1. large knife, short sword, dirk, dagger

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μάχαιρα μαχαίρᾱ μάχαιραι
Genitive μαχαίρᾱς μαχαίραιν μαχαιρῶν
Dative μαχαίρᾱͅ μαχαίραιν μαχαίραις
Accusative μάχαιραν μαχαίρᾱ μαχαίρᾱς
Vocative μάχαιρα μαχαίρᾱ μάχαιραι

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

  • καὶ συνάξω σε καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμίν σου, ἵππουσ καὶ ἱππεῖσ ἐνδεδυμένουσ θώρακασ πάντασ, συναγωγῇ πολλῇ, πέλται καὶ περικεφαλαῖαι καὶ μάχαιραι, (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 38:4)
  • αὐτίκα δ’ Αἐλίου θαυμαστὸσ υἱὸσ δέρμα λαμπρὸν ἔννεπεν, ἔνθα νιν ἐκτάνυσαν Φρίξου μάχαιραι· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 74:2)
  • πῶσ δ’ ἐπὶ νύμφαισ ἀλλοτρίαισ χαλεποί, γυμναὶ δ’ ἐν χερσὶ μάχαιραι; (Theocritus, Idylls, 94)
  • λόγχαι καὶ μάχαιραι κοπίδεσ ὑπερμήκεισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 14, chapter 9 4:1)
  • ‐ Οἱ δορυφόροι, φησίν, καὶ αἱ μάχαιραι αὐτῶν καὶ ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ κοιτῶνοσ καὶ οἱ ἀποκλείοντεσ τοὺσ εἰσιόντασ. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. large knife

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