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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

  • καὶ εἶπε Ζεβεὲ καὶ Σελμανά. ἀνάστα σὺ καὶ συνάντησον ἡμῖν, ὅτι ὡσ ἀνδρὸσ ἡ δύναμίσ σου. καὶ ἀνέστη Γεδεὼν καὶ ἀπέκτεινε τὸν Ζεβεὲ καὶ τὸν Σελμανὰ καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺσ μηνίσκουσ τοὺσ ἐν τοῖσ τραχήλοισ τῶν καμήλων αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 8:21)
  • ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἀφελεῖ Κύριοσ τὴν δόξαν τοῦ ἱματισμοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺσ κόσμουσ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἐμπλόκια καὶ τοὺσ κοσύμβουσ καὶ τοὺσ μηνίσκουσ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 3:18)
  • ἢν δὲ μὴ κρίνητε, χαλκεύεσθε μηνίσκουσ φορεῖν ὥσπερ ἀνδριάντεσ· (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, antepirrheme8)

Synonyms

  1. head covering for statues

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