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ὄμφαξ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄμφαξ ὄμφακος

Structure: ὀμφακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. an unripe grape

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὄμφαξ ό̓μφακε ό̓μφακες
Genitive ό̓μφακος ὀμφάκοιν ὀμφάκων
Dative ό̓μφακι ὀμφάκοιν ό̓μφαξιν*
Accusative ό̓μφακα ό̓μφακε ό̓μφακας
Vocative ό̓μφαξ ό̓μφακε ό̓μφακες

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

  • καὶ γὰρ τοῦ κλήματοσ τὸ ἑλικῶδεσ τοῦτο καὶ σφαλλόμενον ἐν τῇ πορείᾳ καὶ τοῦ πετάλου τὸ ὑγρὸν καὶ περικεχυμένον ἀτάκτωσ, μάλιστα δ’ αὐτὸσ ὁ κόρυμβοσ ὄμφακι πυκνῷ καὶ περκάζοντι προσεοικώσ, ἐκμεμίμηται τὴν τῆσ ἀμπέλου διάθεσιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 2:18)

Synonyms

  1. an unripe grape

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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