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ὄλπη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄλπη

Structure: ὀλπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a leathern oil-flask

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὄλπη ό̓λπᾱ ό̓λπαι
Genitive ό̓λπης ό̓λπαιν ὀλπῶν
Dative ό̓λπῃ ό̓λπαιν ό̓λπαις
Accusative ό̓λπην ό̓λπᾱ ό̓λπᾱς
Vocative ό̓λπη ό̓λπᾱ ό̓λπαι

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

  • τὴν δὲ ὄλπην Κλείταρχοσ Κορινθίουσ μέν φησι καὶ Βυζαντίουσ καὶ Κυπρίουσ τὴν λήκυθον ἀποδιδόναι, Θεσσαλοὺσ δὲ τὴν πρόχοον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 90 1:1)
  • ὄλπην καὶ σκίπωνα φέρω, καὶ διπλόον εἷμα, καὶ πήρην, καὶ σοὶ ναυτιλίησ ὀβολόν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 68 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a leathern oil-flask

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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