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μέλος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέλος μέλεος

Structure: μελο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. part of a body, limb, member, part
  2. part of a group, member
  3. song, strain
  4. tune
  5. melody

Declension

Third 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

  • ἀγνώσσεισ, ὅτι μᾶλλον ἀνάλκιδέσ εἰσιν Ἀθῆναι τοῖαι, κυδαλίμοισιν ἀγαλλόμεναι πολέμοισι, κεκριμένων μελέων οὔτ’ ἄρσενεσ οὔτε γυναῖκεσ; (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1101)
  • πάρεστι μυρία κέλευθοσ ἀμβροσίων μελέων, ὃσ ἂν παρὰ Πιερίδων λά‐ χῃσι δῶρα Μουσᾶν, ἰοβλέφαροί τε καὶ φερεστέφανοι Χάριτεσ βάλωσιν ἄμφι τιμὰν ὕμνοισιν· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 19 1:1)
  • ‐ ὦ μέλεαι μελέων ματέρεσ λοχαγῶν, ὥσ μοι ὑφ’ ἥπατι χλωρὸν δεῖμα θάσσει ‐ ‐ τίν’ αὐδὰν τάνδε προσφέρεισ νέαν; (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, strophe 11)
  • οἴμοι κεφαλῆσ, οἴμοι κροτάφων πλευρῶν θ’, ὥσ μοι πόθοσ εἱλίξαι καὶ διαδοῦναι νῶτον ἄκανθάν τ’ εἰσ ἀμφοτέρουσ τοίχουσ, μελέων ἐπὶ τοὺσ αἰεὶ δακρύων ἐλέγουσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, anapests13)
  • Ἀντίμαχον τὸν ψακάδοσ τὸν ξυγγραφῆ τὸν μελέων ποιητήν, ὡσ μὲν ἁπλῷ, κακῶσ ἐξολέσειεν ὁ Ζεύσ· (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode, strophe1)

Synonyms

  1. part of a body

  2. part of a group

  3. song

  4. tune

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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