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μαχλοσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαχλοσύνη

Structure: μαχλοσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from ma/xlos

Sense

  1. lewdness, lust, wantonness

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

  • λόγοσ δὲ ὅτι καὶ γυναῖκεσ πάσχουσι τοῦτο τὸ πάθοσ, καὶ ἥ τε ἐσ τὰ ἀφροδίσια ὁρμὴ ὁμοίη καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ξύμπαντα τὰ αὐτά· ἐγὼ δὲ μαχλοσύνην μὲν γυναιξὶ ὑγρῇσι πείθομαι γίγνεσθαι, ἐσ ἔκχυσιν τοῦ πλήθεοσ τούτων· σατυρίησιν δὲ ἥκιστα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 273)
  • μαχλοσύνην ἤχθηρα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 55 1:1)
  • φεῦγε δὲ μαχλοσύνην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4443)
  • χήρη δ’, ἡ μὲν ἄκοσμοσ ἔχει πάνδημον ἐραστήν, καὶ πάντα φρονέει δήνεα μαχλοσύνησ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 302 1:3)
  • ἔνθ’ ἄλλοισ μὲν πᾶσιν ἑήνδανεν, οὐδέ ποθ’ Ἥρῃ οὐδὲ Ποσειδάων’ οὐδὲ γλαυκώπιδι κούρῃ, ἀλλ’ ἔχον ὥσ σφιν πρῶτον ἀπήχθετο Ἴλιοσ ἱρὴ καὶ Πρίαμοσ καὶ λαὸσ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἕνεκ’ ἄτησ, ὃσ νείκεσσε θεὰσ ὅτε οἱ μέσσαυλον ἵκοντο, τὴν δ’ ᾔνησ’ ἥ οἱ πόρε μαχλοσύνην ἀλεγεινήν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. lewdness

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

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