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πλαταγή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλαταγή

Structure: πλαταγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: plata/ssw

Sense

  1. a rattle

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

  • εἴκελα δ’ ὅπλα, νεβρὶσ λειοντῇ, κύμβαλα δὲ πλαταγῇ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1854)
  • αὕτη μὲν οὖν ἐστι τοῖσ νηπίοισ ἁρμόττουσα τῶν παιδίων, ἡ δὲ παιδεία πλαταγὴ τοῖσ μείζοσι τῶν νέων. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 8 86:3)

Synonyms

  1. a rattle

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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