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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

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

  • Ἀγίασ δὲ ὁ μουσικὸσ ἔφη τὸν στύρακα τὸν ἐν ταῖσ ὀρχήστραισ θυμιώμενον τοῖσ Διονυσίοισ φρύγιον ποιεῖν ὀδμὴν τοῖσ αἰσθανομένοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 23 1:1)
  • ἐκεῖνο δ’ οὐ λυπηρόν, εἰ πρότερον μὲν ἐνεπίμπλατο ἡ ὀρχήστρα χρυσῶν στεφάνων, οἷσ ὁ δῆμοσ ἐστεφανοῦτο ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλλήνων, ἐκ δὲ τῶν Δημοσθένουσ πολιτευμάτων ὑμεῖσ μὲν ἀστεφάνωτοι καὶ ἀκήρυκτοι γίγνεσθε, οὗτοσ δὲ κηρυχθήσεται; (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 230 1:6)
  • καὶ ταῦτα δὴ τὰ περὶ Μειδίαν καὶ τοὺσ κονδύλουσ, οὓσ ἔλαβεν ἐν τῇ ὀρχήστρᾳ χορηγὸσ ὤν, καὶ ὡσ ἀπέδοτο τριάκοντα μνῶν ἅμα τήν τε εἰσ αὑτὸν ὕβριν καὶ τὴν τοῦ δήμου καταχειροτονίαν, ἣν ἐν Διονύσου κατεχειροτόνησε Μειδίου. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 521)
  • μὴ πρὸσ Διὸσ καὶ θεῶν, ἱκετεύω ὑμᾶσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Αθηναῖοι, μὴ τρόπαιον ἵστατε ἀφ’ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ τοῦ Διονύσου ὀρχήστρᾳ, μηδ’ αἱρεῖτε παρανοίασ ἐναντίον τῶν Ἑλλήνων τὸν δῆμον τὸν Ἀθηναίων, μηδ’ ὑπομιμνῄσκετε τῶν ἀνιάτων καὶ ἀνηκέστων κακῶν τοὺσ ταλαιπώρουσ Θηβαίουσ, οὓσ φεύγοντασ διὰ τοῦτον ὑποδέδεχθε τῇ πόλει, ὧν ἱερὰ καὶ τέκνα καὶ τάφουσ ἀπώλεσεν ἡ Δημοσθένουσ δωροδοκία καὶ τὸ βασιλικὸν χρυσίον· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1561)

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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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