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ὀρχηστρίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρχηστρίς ὀρχηστρίδος

Structure: ὀρχηστριδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = o)rxh/stria, Ar., Plat.

Sense

Declension

Third 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

  • εἰσ οὖν ταῦτα ἡ ὀρχηστρὶσ ἐκυβίστα τε καὶ ἐξεκυβίστα ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 2 12:2)
  • ἡ κροτάλοισ ὀρχηστρὶσ Ἀρίστιον, ἡ περὶ πεύκασ τῇ Κυβέλῃ πλοκάμουσ ῥῖψαι ἐπισταμένη, ἡ λωτῷ κερόεντι φορουμένη, ἡ τρὶσ ἐφεξῆσ εἰδυῖ’ ἀκρήτου χειλοποτεῖν κύλικασ, ἐνθάδ’ ὑπὸ πτελέαισ ἀναπαύεται, οὐκέτ’ ἔρωτι, οὐκέτ’ παννυχίδων τερπομένη καμάτοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2231)

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

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