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μυρσίνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μυρσίνη

Structure: μυρσιν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a branch or wreath of myrtle

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μυρσίνη μυρσίνᾱ μυρσίναι
Genitive μυρσίνης μυρσίναιν μυρσινῶν
Dative μυρσίνῃ μυρσίναιν μυρσίναις
Accusative μυρσίνην μυρσίνᾱ μυρσίνᾱς
Vocative μυρσίνη μυρσίνᾱ μυρσίναι

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

  • ἐνθένθε ἐσ Βάρνα κώμην σταδίουσ τετρακοσίουσ, ἵνα φοίνικέσ τε πολλοὶ ἐνῆσαν καὶ κῆποσ, καὶ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μύρσιναι ἐπεφύκεσαν καὶ ἄλλα ἄνθεα, ἀπ̓ ὅτων στεφανώματα τοῖσι κωμήτῃσιν ἐπλέκετο· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 27 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a branch or wreath of myrtle

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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