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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

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 ἴλασ ἵππων διατεταγμένασ καὶ προσβολὰσ γινομένασ καὶ καταδρομὰσ ἑκατέρων καὶ ἀσπίδων κινήσεισ καὶ καμάκων πλήθη καὶ μαχαιρῶν σπασμοὺσ καὶ βελῶν βολὰσ καὶ χρυσῶν κόσμων ἐκλάμψεισ καὶ παντοίουσ θωρακισμούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 5:3)
  • ἔλεγον ὁ μὲν ὡσ οὐκ ἔχει ῥῖνα κριτικὴν πρὸσ τοὔψον, ὁ δὲ ὅτι τὸ στόμα πονηρόν, ὁ δὲ τὴν γλῶτταν εἰσ ἀσχήμονασ ἐπιθυμίασ ἐμίαινε τῶν ἡδυσμάτων, κάθαλοσ, κάτοξοσ,17 χναυστικόσ, προσκαυστικόσ , καπνὸν οὐ φέρων, πῦρ οὐ φέρων, ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸσ εἰσ τὰσ μαχαίρασ ἦλθον ὧν εἷσ οὑτοσὶ διὰ τῶν μαχαιρῶν τοῦ πυρὸσ τ’ ἐλήλυθεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 81 3:2)
  • αὐτόσ τε γὰρ ὁ Σίκκιοσ πολλὰσ εἶχε πληγὰσ τὰσ μὲν ὑπὸ χερμάδων, τὰσ δ’ ὑπὸ σαυνίων, τὰσ δ’ ὑπὸ μαχαιρῶν, καὶ ὁ ὑπασπιστήσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 27 7:2)
  • οἱ δ’ ὑπ’ ἐκείνων ἀνῃρημένοι πάντεσ μαχαιρῶν ἢ χερμάδων ἢ σαυνίων, βέλουσ δὲ οὐδεμίαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 27 7:3)
  • ἂν μὲν οὖν ἀργὸν φῇ γενέσθαι, λόγον αὐτὸσ ἀπενήνοχεν ἀναλωμάτων οὐκ εἰσ σιτία τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ, ἀλλ’ εἰσ ἔργα, τὸν εἰσ τὴν τέχνην ἐλέφαντα καὶ μαχαιρῶν λαβὰσ καὶ ἄλλασ ἐπισκευάσ, ὡσ ἐργαζομένων τῶν δημιουργῶν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 26:1)

Synonyms

  1. large knife

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