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μύλη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μύλη μύλης

Structure: μυλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. mill, hand-mill
  2. nether millstone
  3. knee-pan
  4. hard formation in a woman's womb
  5. (in the plural) molars

Declension

First 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

  • πρὸσ ταῦτα μύλην ἀγαθὴν ὡρ́α ζητεῖν σοι καὶ νεόκοπτον, ἢν μή τι λέγῃσ, ἥτισ δυνατὴ τὸν ἐμὸν θυμὸν κατερεῖξαι. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, 1)
  • Αἰσχύλοσ εἶπεν ἁγνόν τ’ Ἀπόλλω φυγάδ’ ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ θεόν, οὔτ’ ὁ Σοφοκλέουσ Ἄδμητοσ οὑμὸσ δ’ ἀλέκτωρ αὐτὸν ἦγε πρὸσ μύλην. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 15 1:1)
  • γρῆυσ οὐδὲ πένησ καὶ ἰδιώτησ ἀλλὰ καὶ παχυσκελὴσ ἀλετρὶσ πρὸσ μύλην κινουμένη καὶ οἰκότριβεσ καὶ θῆτεσ ὑπὸ γήθουσ καὶ χαρμοσύνησ ἀναφέρονται, πλουσίοισ δὲ καὶ βασιλεῦσιν ἑστιάσεισ καὶ πανδαισίαι τινὲσ πάρεισιν ἀεί· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 21 10:1)
  • "τῆσ ξένησ ἤκουον ᾀδούσησ πρὸσ τὴν μύλην, ἐν Ἐρέσῳ γενόμενοσ, ἄλει μύλα ἄλει καὶ γὰρ Πιττακὸσ ἄλει μεγάλασ Μυτιλάνασ βασιλεύων. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 14 7:1)
  • ουδὲ πένησ καὶ ἰδιώτησ, ἀλλὰ καὶ παχυσκελὴσ ἀλετρὶσ πρὸσ μύλην κινουμένη καὶ οἱκότριβεσ καὶ θῆτεσ ὑπὸ γήθουσ καὶ χαρμοσύνησ ἀναφέρονται τοὺσ δὲ ἠπίωσ καὶ λείωσ ὁμιλοῦντασ ὀργαῖσ κάλλιστα μὲν ἀκούσματα κάλλιστα δὲ θεάματα ποιούμενοσ, ἄρχομαι καταφρονεῖν τῶν λεγόντων· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , <*/b Ia)mbika/>25)

Synonyms

  1. mill

  2. nether millstone

  3. knee-pan

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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