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ὄργυια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄργυια ὀργυιας

Structure: ὀργυι (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: o)re/gw, cf. a)guia

Sense

  1. fathom

Declension

First 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

  • τὰ γὰρ πλοῖα ἦν αὐτοῖσ κελύφη καρύων ἡμίτομα, κεκενωμένα, μέγεθοσ δὲ ἑκάστου ἡμιτόμου εἰσ μῆκοσ ὀργυιαὶ πεντεκαίδεκα. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 38:2)
  • κατὰ γὰρ μέσον τὸν σταθμὸν τοῦτον τάφροσ ἦν ὀρυκτὴ βαθεῖα, τὸ μὲν εὖροσ ὀργυιαὶ πέντε, τὸ δὲ βάθοσ ὀργυιαὶ τρεῖσ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 7 15:3)
  • τῆσ μὲν γὰρ μῆκοσ εἰσὶ πέντε στάδιοι, εὖροσ δὲ δέκα ὀργυιαί, ὕψοσ δέ, τῇ ὑψηλοτάτη ἐστὶ αὐτὴ ἑωυτῆσ, ὀκτὼ ὀργυιαί, λίθου δὲ ξεστοῦ καὶ ζῴων ἐγγεγλυμμένων· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 124 5:1)

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