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νιφάς

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νιφάς νιφάδος

Structure: νιφαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ni/fw

Sense

  1. a snowflake, snowflakes, a snowstorm, snow
  2. a shower, the sleet

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νιφάς νιφάδε νιφάδες
Genitive νιφάδος νιφάδοιν νιφάδων
Dative νιφάδι νιφάδοιν νιφάσιν*
Accusative νιφάδα νιφάδε νιφάδας
Vocative νιφά νιφάδε νιφάδες

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

  • αἰάζει πήρη τε, καὶ Ἡράκλειον ἄριστον βριθὺ Σινωπίτου Διογένευσ ῥόπαλον, καὶ τὸ χύδην ῥυπόεντι πίνῳ πεπαλαγμένον ἔσθοσ διπλάδιον, κρυερῶν ἀντίπαλον νιφάδων, ὅττι τεοῖσ ὤμοισι μιαίνεται· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1581)
  • καθιεμένησ δ’ ἐπὶ πέτραισ ἀγκύρησ, ψυχρῶν κάτθανεν ἐκ νιφάδων ἠμύσασ ὁ πρέσβυσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 498 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a snowflake

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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