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ὀβελός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀβελός ὀβελοῦ

Structure: ὀβελ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)belo/s is prob. be/los with o prefixed.

Sense

  1. a spit, rod
  2. (ὀβελὸς λίθινος) a pointed square pillar, obelisk

Declension

Second 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

  • ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ πεντήκοντ’ ὀβελοί, περὶ δὲ κρέα πεντήκοντα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1472)
  • καὶ ἐν τῷ τεμένεϊ ὀβελοὶ ἑστᾶσι μεγάλοι λίθινοι, λίμνη τε ἐστὶ ἐχομένη λιθίνῃ κρηπῖδι κεκοσμημένη καὶ ἐργασμένη εὖ κύκλῳ καὶ μέγαθοσ, ὡσ ἐμοὶ ἐδόκεε, ὅση περ ἡ ἐν Δήλῳ ἡ τροχοειδὴσ καλεομένη. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 170 3:1)
  • ἐφεστήκασι δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ κρηπῖδι ὀβελοὶ καὶ αὐτοὶ χαλκοῖ καὶ αἱ συνέχουσαι σφᾶσ ζῶναι, διὰ δὲ αὐτῶν θύραι πεποίηνται. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 39 14:3)

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