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πλαταμών

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλαταμών πλαταμῶνος

Structure: πλαταμων (Stem)

Etym.: platu/s

Sense

  1. a flat stone, ledges of rock

Declension

Third 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

  • τοῦ γὰρ ὑποκειμένου τόπου μεγάλουσ ἔχοντοσ πλαταμῶνασ, εἰσ οὓσ καταρράττει, τούτουσ φασὶ τῇ βίᾳ τοῦ ῥεύματοσ ἐκκοιλαίνοντα καὶ διαρρηγνύντα κατὰ βάθοσ ὑπὸ γῆν φέρεσθαι τόπον οὐ πολύν, εἶτ’ ἀναφαίνεσθαι πάλιν. (Polybius, Histories, book 10, viii. res asiae 7:2)
  • τοῦτό τε δὴ παράδοξον ἡ νῆσοσ ἔχει καὶ τὸ τὰ ὀρύγματα ἀναπληροῦσθαι πάλιν τῷ χρόνῳ τὰ μεταλλευθέντα, καθάπερ τοὺσ πλαταμῶνάσ φασι τοὺσ ἐν Ῥόδῳ καὶ τὴν ἐν Πάρῳ πέτραν τὴν μάρμαρον καὶ τὰσ ἐν Ἰνδοῖσ ἅλασ, ἅσ φησι Κλείταρχοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 2 12:16)

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

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