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πήνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πήνη

Structure: πην (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. the thread on the spool or shuttle, the woof, the web
  2. the bobbin or spool

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πήνη πήνᾱ πῆναι
Genitive πήνης πήναιν πηνῶν
Dative πήνῃ πήναιν πήναις
Accusative πήνην πήνᾱ πήνᾱς
Vocative πήνη πήνᾱ πῆναι

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

  • καὶ πήνασ, καὶ τόνδε φιληλάκατον καλαθίσκον, στάμονοσ ἀσκητοῦ καὶ τολύπασ φύλακα, παῖσ ἀγαθοῦ Τελέσιλλα Διοκλέοσ ἁ φιλοεργὸσ εἰροκόμων Κούρᾳ θήκατο δεσπότιδι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 160 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. the thread on the spool or shuttle

  2. the bobbin or spool

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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