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πέλεκκον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέλεκκον πέλεκκου

Structure: πελεκκ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: pe/lekus

Sense

  1. an axe-handle

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πέλεκκον πελέκκω πέλεκκα
Genitive πελέκκου πελέκκοιν πελέκκων
Dative πελέκκῳ πελέκκοιν πελέκκοις
Accusative πέλεκκον πελέκκω πέλεκκα
Vocative πέλεκκον πελέκκω πέλεκκα

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

  • ὃ δ’ ὑπ’ ἀσπίδοσ εἵλετο καλὴν ἀξίνην εὔχαλκον ἐλαί̈νῳ ἀμφὶ πελέκκῳ μακρῷ ἐϋξέστῳ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 59:7)

Synonyms

  1. an axe-handle

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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