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μηνίσκος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηνίσκος μηνίσκου

Structure: μηνισκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mh/nh의 지소사

Sense

  1. crescent
  2. head covering for statues

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μηνίσκος μηνίσκω μηνίσκοι
Genitive μηνίσκου μηνίσκοιν μηνίσκων
Dative μηνίσκῳ μηνίσκοιν μηνίσκοις
Accusative μηνίσκον μηνίσκω μηνίσκους
Vocative μηνίσκε μηνίσκω μηνίσκοι

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

  • τραγικοὶ δ’ αὐτοῖσ ὑποκριταὶ καὶ Νικόστρατοι καὶ Καλλιππίδαι καὶ Μηνίσκοι, καὶ Θεόδωροι καὶ πῶλοι συνίτωσαν, ὥσπερ γυναικὸσ πολυτελοῦσ τῆσ τραγῳδίασ κομμωταὶ καὶ διφροφόροι, μᾶλλον δ’ ὡσ ἀγαλμάτων ἐγκαυσταὶ καὶ χρυσωταὶ καὶ βαφεῖσ παρακολουθοῦντεσ· (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 6 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. head covering for statues

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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