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μόλυβδος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μόλυβδος μολύβδου

Structure: μολυβδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = mo/libos

Sense

  1. lead (the metal)
  2. graphite

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

  • ἐξέλιπε φυσητὴρ ἀπὸ πυρόσ, ἐξέλιπε μόλυβδοσ. εἰσ κενὸν ἀργυροκόποσ ἀργυροκοπεῖ, πονηρία αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐτάκη. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 6:29)
  • εὑρήσεισ γὰρ τὸ τῶν μουσικῶν δὴ τοῦτο, δὶσ διὰ πασῶν τὸ πρᾶγμα, καὶ τοσοῦτον ἐοικότασ ἀλλήλοισ τοὺσ βίουσ, ὅσον μόλυβδοσ ἀργύρῳ καὶ χαλκὸσ χρυσῷ καὶ ἀνεμώνη ῥόδῳ καὶ ἀνθρώπῳ πίθηκοσ· (Lucian, Apologia 26:1)
  • πλὴν ἀλλὰ ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ οὗτοσ ὥσπερ ὁ μόλυβδοσ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 11:11)
  • ἡμεῖσ δὲ αὐτοὶ μὲν οὐδὲ μόλυβδοσ ἄν εἰκότωσ δοκοίημεν, ἀλλ̓ εἴ τι καὶ τούτου ἀτιμότερον, ἡ τροφὴ δὲ μετὰ πόνων τοῖσ πλείστοισ, ἡ πενία δὲ καὶ ἀπορία καὶ ἀμηχανία καὶ τὸ οἴμοι καὶ τὸ πόθεν ἄν μοι γένοιτο καὶ ὢ τῆσ τύχησ πολλὰ τοιαῦτα παρὰ γοῦν ἡμῖν τοῖσ πένησι. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 1 2:3)
  • ηὑρίσκετο δὲ καὶ νεῦρα πολλὰ ἐν ταῖσ κώμαισ καὶ μόλυβδοσ, ὥστε χρῆσθαι εἰσ τὰσ σφενδόνασ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 4 19:3)

Synonyms

  1. lead

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