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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

  • εἶθ’ ὁ μάταιοσ ἀπεδίδρασκεν, ὡσ ἐπιβιῶναι δυνάμενοσ, ἐπιλελοιπότοσ ἤδη τοῦ ἐπικεκλωσμένου αὐτῷ νήματοσ; (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 3:14)
  • τότε μὲν οὖν θαυμάσιοσ ἐδόκεισ μοι τὴν βίαν καὶ ὑπέφριττον μεταξὺ ἀκούων τῶν ἐπῶν νῦν δὲ αὐτόν σε ἤδη ὁρῶ μετὰ τῆσ σειρᾶσ καὶ τῶν ἀπειλῶν ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ νήματοσ, ὡσ φήσ, κρεμάμενον. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 4:6)
  • τόν ῥὰ οἱ ἀμφίπολοσ Φυλὼ παρέθηκε φέρουσα νήματοσ ἀσκητοῖο βεβυσμένον αὐτὰρ ἐν αὐτῷ ἠλακάτη τετάνυστο ἰοδνεφὲσ εἶροσ ἔχουσα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 17 2:1)
  • Παλλάδι ταὶ τρισσαὶ θέσαν ἅλικεσ, ἶσον ἀράχνᾳ τεῦξαι λεπταλέον στάμον’ ἐπιστάμεναι, Δημὼ μὲν ταλαρίσκον ἐύπλοκον, Ἀρσινόα δὲ ἐργάτιν εὐκλώστου νήματοσ ἠλακάταν κερκίδα δ’ εὐποίητον, ἀηδόνα τὰν ἐν ἐρίθοισ, Βακχυλίσ, εὐκρέκτουσ ᾇ διέκρινε μίτουσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1741)
  • ὦνερ, ἴδ’ ὡσ ἀχρεῖον, ἐπεὶ περὶ νήματοσ ἄκρον εὐλὴ ἀκέρκιστον λῶποσ ἐφεζομένη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 472 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. That which is spun

  2. silk

  3. a spider's web

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