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νάρδος

Second declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: νάρδος νάρδου

Structure: ναρδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Prob. a foreign word.

Sense

  1. nard plant, spikenard, nardin, muskroot.
  2. nard oil, a highly prized ointment made from the plant.

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νάρδος νάρδω νάρδοι
Genitive νάρδου νάρδοιν νάρδων
Dative νάρδῳ νάρδοιν νάρδοις
Accusative νάρδον νάρδω νάρδους
Vocative νάρδε νάρδω νάρδοι

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

  • τὴν γεῦσιν ἀλλὰ διαβάλλει καὶ κατηγορεῖ τὴν φαυλότητα πρὶν ἢ βλαβῆναι τἄλλα δ’ οὐκ ἐνοχλεῖ, καθάπερ ὑμῖν, τὰ θυμιάματα καὶ κινάμωμα καὶ νάρδουσ καὶ φύλλα καὶ καλάμουσ Ἀραβικοὺσ, μετὰ δεινῆσ τινοσ καὶ δευσοποιοῦ φαρμακίδοσ τέχνησ, μυρεψικῆσ ὄνομα, συνάγειν εἰσ ταὐτὸ καὶ συμφαγεῖν ἀναγκάζουσα, χρημάτων πολλῶν ἡδυπάθειαν ἄνανδρον καὶ κορασιώδη καὶ πρὸσ οὐδὲν οὐδαμῶσ χρήσιμον ὠνουμένουσ. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 7 4:1)

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