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νῆμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νῆμα νήματος

Structure: νηματ (Stem)

Etym.: ne/w3 to spin

Sense

  1. That which is spun: thread, yarn
  2. silk
  3. a spider's web

Declension

Third 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

  • καλύπτειραν δὲ προσώπου, ἔργον ἀραχναίοισ νήμασιν ἰσόμορον, ἁ καλὰ Ἡράκλεια· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 206 1:2)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τὸ μὴ χαλαρὸν εἶναι τὸ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν κρίκων καταλιμπανόμενον ῥαφὴν αὐτοῦ νήμασιν ὑακινθίνοισ ἐπενόησαν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 208:1)

Synonyms

  1. That which is spun

  2. silk

  3. a spider's web

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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