Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πηνίον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πηνίον

Structure: πηνι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ph/nh

Sense

  1. the bobbin or spool

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

  • ἐπὶ δ’ ὄρνυτο δῖοσ Ὀδυσσεὺσ ἄγχι μάλ’, ὡσ ὅτε τίσ τε γυναικὸσ ἐϋζώνοιο στήθεόσ ἐστι κανών, ὅν τ’ εὖ μάλα χερσὶ τανύσσῃ πηνίον ἐξέλκουσα παρὲκ μίτον, ἀγχόθι δ’ ἴσχει στήθεοσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 69:14)

Synonyms

  1. the bobbin or spool

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

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