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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

  • ἢν δὲ ἀτενίσῃσ, κατόψει καὶ τὰσ Μοίρασ ἄνω ἐπικλωθούσασ ἑκάστῳ τὸν ἄτρακτον, ἀφ’ οὗ ἠρτῆσθαι συμβέβηκεν ἅπαντασ ἐκ λεπτῶν νημάτων. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 16:1)
  • ὁρῶ πάνυ λεπτὸν ἑκάστῳ νῆμα, ἐπιπεπλεγμένον γε τὰ πολλά, τοῦτο μὲν ἐκείνῳ, ἐκεῖνο δὲ ἄλλῳ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 16:3)
  • εἵμαρται γὰρ ἐκείνῳ μὲν ὑπὸ τούτου φονευθῆναι, τούτῳ δὲ ὑπ’ ἄλλου, καὶ κληρονομῆσαί γε τοῦτον μὲν ἐκείνου, ὅτου ἂν ᾖ μικρότερον τὸ νῆμα, ἐκεῖνον δὲ αὖ τούτου· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 16:5)
  • εἶθ’ ὁ μάταιοσ ἀπεδίδρασκεν, ὡσ ἐπιβιῶναι δυνάμενοσ, ἐπιλελοιπότοσ ἤδη τοῦ ἐπικεκλωσμένου αὐτῷ νήματοσ; (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 3:14)
  • καίτοι πολλάκισ ἐπειράθην τὸ νῆμα διακόψασ ἐλθεῖν, ἀλλ’ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ἄρρηκτον ἦν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 7:4)
  • "ὁ δὲ Πλούτων ἠγανάκτησέν τε καὶ πρὸσ τὸν ἀγαγόντα με, ’ οὔπω πεπλήρωται,’ φησίν, ’ τὸ νῆμα αὐτῷ, ὥστε ἀπίτω. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 22:27)
  • ἃ δὲ λίνον ἠλακάτᾳ δακτύλοισ ἕλισσεν, νῆμα δ’ ἱέτο πέδῳ, σκύλων Φρυγίων ἐπὶ τύμβον ἀγάλ‐ ματα συστολίσαι χρῄζουσα λίνῳ, φάρεα πορφύρεα, δῶρα Κλυταιμήστρᾳ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. That which is spun

  2. silk

  3. a spider's web

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