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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

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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἅμα συνέβαινε τὰ κέρατα καὶ τὰ μέσα συμπίπτειν, ἀλλὰ πρῶτα τὰ μέσα διὰ τὸ τοὺσ Κελτοὺσ ἐν μηνοειδεῖ σχήματι τεταγμένουσ πολὺ προπεπτωκέναι τῶν κεράτων, ἅτε τοῦ μηνίσκου τὸ κύρτωμα πρὸσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ἔχοντοσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 115 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. head covering for statues

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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