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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

  • 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)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ σταθμὸσ τῶν ἐνωτίων τῶν χρυσῶν, ὧν ᾔτησε, χίλιοι καὶ ἑπτακόσιοι χρυσοῖ, πάρεξ τῶν μηνίσκων καὶ τῶν στραγγαλίδων καὶ τῶν ἱματίων καὶ πορφυρίδων τῶν ἐπὶ βασιλεῦσι Μαδιὰμ καὶ ἐκτὸσ τῶν περιθεμάτων, ἃ ἦν ἐν τοῖσ τραχήλοισ τῶν καμήλων αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 8:26)
  • 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)
  • 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

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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