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πλέξις?

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration: plexis

Principal Part: πλέξις πλέξεως

Structure: πλεξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. plaiting, weaving

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

  • εἰπὲ τίνι πλέξεις ἔτι βόστρυχον, ἢ τίνι χεῖρας φαιδρυνέεις, ὀνύχων ἀμφιτεμὼν ἀκίδα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2281)
  • οὐδ ἄρα ἡ κατὰ φύσιν ἀληθῶς οὖσα ἡμῖν πολιτικὴ μή ποτε ἐκ χρηστῶν καὶ κακῶν ἀνθρώπων ἑκοῦσα εἶναι συστήσηται πόλιν τινά, ἀλλ εὔδηλον ὅτι παιδιᾷ πρῶτον βασανιεῖ, μετὰ δὲ τὴν βάσανον αὖ τοῖς δυναμένοις παιδεύειν καὶ ὑπηρετεῖν πρὸς τοῦτ αὐτὸ παραδώσει, προστάττουσα καὶ ἐπιστατοῦσα αὐτή, καθάπερ ὑφαντικὴ τοῖς τε ξαίνουσι καὶ τοῖς τἆλλα προπαρασκευάζουσιν ὅσα πρὸς τὴν πλέξιν αὐτῆς συμπαρακολουθοῦσα προστάττει καὶ ἐπιστατεῖ, τοιαῦτα ἑκάστοις ἐνδεικνῦσα τὰ ἔργα ἀποτελεῖν οἱᾶ ἂν ἐπιτήδεια ἡγῆται πρὸς τὴν αὑτῆς εἶναι συμπλοκήν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 310:1)

Synonyms

  1. plaiting

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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