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ὀρχήστρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρχήστρα

Structure: ὀρχηστρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: o)rxe/omai

Sense

  1. the orchestra, a semicircular space in which the chorus danced

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὀρχήστρα ὀρχήστρᾱ ὀρχῆστραι
Genitive ὀρχήστρᾱς ὀρχήστραιν ὀρχηστρῶν
Dative ὀρχήστρᾱͅ ὀρχήστραιν ὀρχήστραις
Accusative ὀρχήστρᾱν ὀρχήστρᾱ ὀρχήστρᾱς
Vocative ὀρχήστρᾱ ὀρχήστρᾱ ὀρχῆστραι

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

  • Πρατίνασ δὲ ὁ Φλιάσιοσ αὐλητῶν καὶ χορευτῶν μισθοφόρων κατεχόντων τὰσ ὀρχήστρασ ἀγανακτήσασ ἐπὶ τῷ τοὺσ αὐλητὰσ μὴ συναυλεῖν τοῖσ χοροῖσ, καθάπερ ἦν πάτριον, ἀλλὰ τοὺσ χοροὺσ συνᾴδειν τοῖσ αὐληταῖσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 81)
  • καὶ διὰ τί, τῆσ σύριγγοσ ἀνασπωμένησ, πᾶσιν ὀξύνεται τοῖσ φθόγγοισ, κλινομένησ δέ, πάλιν βαρύνει, καὶ συναχθεὶσ πρὸσ τὸν ἕτερον βαρύτερον διαχθεὶσ δ’ ὀξύτερον ἠχεῖ καὶ τί δήποτε τῶν θεάτρων ἂν ἄχυρα τῆσ ὀρχήστρασ κατασκεδάσῃσ ἢ χοῦν, ὁ λαὸσ τυφλοῦται· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 13 12:1)
  • καὶ δὴ καὶ οἱ νέοι ταῦτα παρ’ ἐμοῦ μανθάνουσιν, ἃ ἔξεστιν ἐνίοτε εἰ πάνυ πολλοῦ δραχμῆσ ἐκ τῆσ ὀρχήστρασ πριαμένοισ Σωκράτουσ καταγελᾶν, ἐὰν προσποιῆται ἑαυτοῦ εἶναι, ἄλλωσ τε καὶ οὕτωσ ἄτοπα ὄντα; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 104:3)

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

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