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μέσπιλον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέσπιλον μεσπίλου

Structure: μεσπιλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. The medlar

Declension

Second 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

  • "ἔχει δὲ τὴν γεῦσιν καὶ τὸν χυλὸν μεσπίλου · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 34 1:10)
  • χρυσόσ τε ὀρυκτὸσ γίνεται παρ’ αὐτοῖσ οὐ ψήγματοσ ἀλλὰ βωλαρίων χρυσοῦ καθάρσεωσ οὐ πολλῆσ δεομένων, μέγεθοσ δ’ ἐχόντων ἐλάχιστον μὲν πυρῆνοσ μέσον δὲ μεσπίλου μέγιστον δὲ καρύου· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 35:33)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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