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παρασάγγης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρασάγγης παρασάγγου

Structure: παρασαγγ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. a parasang, farsang)

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

  • δύναται δὲ ὁ παρασάγγησ τριήκοντα στάδια, ὁ δὲ σχοῖνοσ, μέτρον ἐὸν Αἰγύπτιον, ἑξήκοντα στάδια. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 6 4:1)
  • εἰ δὲ ὀρθῶσ μεμέτρηται ἡ ὁδὸσ ἡ βασιληίη τοῖσι παρασάγγῃσι καὶ ὁ παρασάγγησ δύναται τριήκοντα στάδια, ὥσπερ οὗτόσ γε δύναται ταῦτα, ἐκ Σαρδίων στάδια ἐστὶ ἐσ τὰ βασιλήια τὰ Μεμνόνια καλεόμενα πεντακόσια καὶ τρισχίλια καὶ μύρια, παρασαγγέων ἐόντων πεντήκοντα καὶ τετρακοσίων. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 53 2:3)

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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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