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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

  • ποιητὴσ δέ τισ ἐπὶ τῶν θεριζόντων τῆμοσ ὅτ’ αἰζηοὶ Δημήτερα κωλοτομεῦσιν οὐδὲν γὰρ οὗτοι διαφέρουσι τῶν ἱστία καὶ κάλουσ καὶ ἄγκυραν ἡγουμένων κυβερνήτην, καὶ νήματα καὶ κρόκασ ὑφάντην καὶ σπονδεῖον ἢ μελίκρατον ἢ πτισάνην ἰατρόν· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 66 4:3)
  • δμωαὶ δὲ ποδῶν προπάροιθε βαλοῦσαι νήματα καὶ κλωστῆρασ ἀολλέεσ ἔκτοθι πᾶσαι ἔδραμον. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 4:52)
  • εἰ δὲ νέοσ τέθνηκεν, ὑπέρτερα νήματα Μοίρησ μέμφεο, βουλομένησ κόσμον ἄκοσμον ἔχειν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 561 1:1)
  • τόσον ἔσθενε νήματα Μοίρησ, ὡσ λιγυρὰ κλεῖσαι χείλεα Καλλιόπησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5972)
  • καὶ χρυσοῖο τάλαντα καὶ ἄργυροσ, εὐγενέεσ τε λᾶεσ καὶ Σηρῶν νήματα λεπταλέα, πάντα βίοσ ζωοῖσι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1052)

Synonyms

  1. That which is spun

  2. silk

  3. a spider's web

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