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πέλεθρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 고형 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέλεθρον πέλεθρου

Structure: πελεθρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: older form of ple/qron, Hom.

Sense

Declension

Second 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

  • ὁ δ’ ἐπ’ ἐννέα κεῖτο πέλεθρα, γῦπε δέ μιν ἑκάτερθε παρημένω ἧπαρ ἔκειρον, δέρτρον ἔσω δύνοντεσ, ὁ δ’ οὐκ ἀπαμύνετο χερσί· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 71:2)
  • ἑπτὰ δ’ ἐπέσχε πέλεθρα πεσών, ἐκόνισε δὲ χαίτασ, τεύχεά τ’ ἀμφαράβησε· (Homer, Iliad, Book 21 34:5)

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

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