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πλέξις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

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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