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μέταλλον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέταλλον μετάλλου

Structure: μεταλλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: Prob., like metalla/w, from met' a)/lla, a search for other things.

Sense

  1. A mine, quarry, or salt pit
  2. metal

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

  • τοὔνεκα καὶ χρυσέῳ μιν ἀνεγράψαντο μετάλλῳ, κυδίστῳ κτεάνων κύδιμον ἡνίοχον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 378 1:1)
  • τὸ τηνικάδ’ ὑπέθετό τισ τοῖσ πολιορκουμένοισ πίθον προθεμένουσ ἁρμοστὸν κατὰ τὸ πλάτοσ τῷ μετάλλῳ τρυπῆσαι τὸν πυθμένα καὶ διώσαντασ αὐλίσκον σιδηροῦν ἴσον τῷ τεύχει πλῆσαι τὸν πίθον ὅλον πτίλων λεπτῶν καὶ πυρὸσ παντελῶσ μικρὸν ἐμβαλεῖν ὑπ’ αὐτὸ τὸ τοῦ πίθου περιστόμιον· (Polybius, Histories, book 21, chapter 28 12:1)
  • καὶ λίην σε πάροσ γ’ οὔτ’ εἴρομαι οὔτε μεταλλῶ, ἀλλὰ μάλ’ εὔκηλοσ τὰ φράζεαι ἅσσ’ ἐθέλῃσθα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 58:3)

Synonyms

  1. metal

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