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οὔρισμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὔρισμα οὔρισματος

Structure: οὐρισματ (Stem)

Etym.: ionic for o(/risma

Sense

  1. a boundary-line

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative οὔρισμα οὐρίσματε οὐρίσματα
Genitive οὐρίσματος οὐρισμάτοιν οὐρισμάτων
Dative οὐρίσματι οὐρισμάτοιν οὐρίσμασιν*
Accusative οὔρισμα οὐρίσματε οὐρίσματα
Vocative ού̓ρισμα οὐρίσματε οὐρίσματα

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

  • οὐδ’ ἔχω συμβαλέσθαι ἐπ’ ὅτευ μιῇ ἐούσῃ γῇ οὐνόματα τριφάσια κέεται ἐπωνυμίασ ἔχοντα γυναικῶν, καὶ οὐρίσματα αὐτῇ Νεῖλόσ τε ὁ Αἰγύπτιοσ ποταμὸσ ἐτέθη καὶ Φᾶσισ ὁ Κόλχοσ οἳ δὲ Τάναιν ποταμὸν τὸν Μαιήτην καὶ πορθμήια τὰ Κιμμέρια λέγουσι, οὐδὲ τῶν διουρισάντων τὰ οὐνόματα πυθέσθαι, καὶ ὅθεν ἔθεντο τὰσ ἐπωνυμίασ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 45 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a boundary-line

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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