νάρδος
Second declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
νάρδος
νάρδου
Structure:
ναρδ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Etym.: Prob. a foreign word.
Sense
- nard plant, spikenard, nardin, muskroot.
- nard oil, a highly prized ointment made from the plant.
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.
- ἔστω δὲ καὶ τῆσ Ῥίζησ τῆσ νάρδου βραχὺ ξὺν τοῖσι τέττιξι ἀφεψηθεῖσι . (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 296)
- ἔχειν δὲ τὴν ἔρημον ταύτην καὶ νάρδου ῥίζαν πολλήν τε καὶ εὐόδμον καὶ ταύτην ξυλλέγειν τοὺσ Φοίνικασ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 22 5:1)
- Καὶ ὄντοσ αὐτοῦ ἐν Βηθανίᾳ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ Σίμωνοσ τοῦ λεπροῦ κατακειμένου αὐτοῦ ἦλθεν γυνὴ ἔχουσα ἀλάβαστρον μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆσ πολυτελοῦσ συντρίψασα τὴν ἀλάβαστρον κατέχεεν αὐτοῦ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ. (, chapter 10 191:1)
- ἡ οὖν Μαριὰμ λαβοῦσα λίτραν μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆσ πολυτίμου ἤλειψεν τοὺσ πόδασ [τοῦ] Ιἠσοῦ καὶ ἐξέμαξεν ταῖσ θριξὶν αὐτῆσ τοὺσ πόδασ αὐτοῦ· (, chapter 6 346:1)
- ἀρωματοφόροσ δὲ νάρδου μάλιστα καὶ σμύρνησ, ὥστε τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου στρατιὰν ὁδεύουσαν ἀντὶ ὀρόφου καὶ στρωμάτων τούτοισ χρῆσθαι, εὐωδιαζομένην ἅμα καὶ ὑγιεινότερον τὸν ἀέρα ἔχουσαν παρὰ τοῦτο· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 2 6:2)
