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μεσόδμη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεσόδμη

Structure: μεσοδμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from de/mw, for mesodo/mh

Sense

  1. something built between, bays or compartments between
  2. a box amidships

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μεσόδμη μεσόδμᾱ μεσόδμαι
Genitive μεσόδμης μεσόδμαιν μεσοδμῶν
Dative μεσόδμῃ μεσόδμαιν μεσόδμαις
Accusative μεσόδμην μεσόδμᾱ μεσόδμᾱς
Vocative μεσόδμη μεσόδμᾱ μεσόδμαι

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

  • ἔμπησ μοι τοῖχοι μεγάρων καλαί τε μεσόδμαι, εἰλάτιναί τε δοκοί, καὶ κίονεσ ὑψόσ’ ἔχοντεσ φαίνοντ’ ὀφθαλμοῖσ ὡσ εἰ πυρὸσ αἰθομένοιο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 19 8:2)
  • οἰμωγὴ δὲ δέδηε, δεδάκρυνται δὲ παρειαί, αἵματι δ’ ἐρράδαται τοῖχοι καλαί τε μεσόδμαι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 58:3)

Synonyms

  1. a box amidships

Similar forms

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

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