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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)
  • ἅμα δὲ καὶ δεῖ τοὺσ παῖδασ ἔχειν τινὰ διατριβήν, καὶ τὴν Ἀρχύτου πλαταγὴν οἰέσθαι γενέσθαι καλῶσ, ἣν διδόασι τοῖσ παιδίοισ, ὅπωσ χρώμενοι ταύτῃ μηδὲν καταγνύωσι τῶν κατὰ τὴν οἰκίαν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 8 86:1)
  • αὕτη μὲν οὖν ἐστι τοῖσ νηπίοισ ἁρμόττουσα τῶν παιδίων, ἡ δὲ παιδεία πλαταγὴ τοῖσ μείζοσι τῶν νέων. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 8 86:3)
  • "εἰ δὲ μή, δοτέον, ὥσπερ παισὶν ἀτρεμεῖν μὴ δυναμένοισ, οὐ δόρυ καὶ ξίφοσ, ἀλλὰ πλαταγὴν καὶ σφαῖραν, ὥσπερ ὁ θεὸσ τὸν νάρθηκα τοῖσ μεθύουσιν ἐνεχείρισε κουφότατον βέλοσ καὶ μαλακώτατον ἀμυντήριον, ὅπωσ, ἐπεὶ τάχιστα παίουσιν, ἥκιστα βλάπτωσι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 1:3)
  • διόπερ κατασκευάσασ χαλκῆν πλαταγήν, καὶ διὰ ταύτησ ἐξαίσιον κατασκευάζων ψόφον, ἐξεφόβει τὰ ζῷα, καὶ πέρασ τῇ συνεχείᾳ τοῦ κρότου ῥᾳδίωσ ἐκπολιορκήσασ καθαρὰν ἐποίησε τὴν λίμνην. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 13 2:4)

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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