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ποίφυγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποίφυγμα ποίφυγματος

Structure: ποιφυγματ (Stem)

Etym.: from poifu/ssw

Sense

  1. a blowing, snorting

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ποίφυγμα ποιφύγματε ποιφύγματα
Genitive ποιφύγματος ποιφυγμάτοιν ποιφυγμάτων
Dative ποιφύγματι ποιφυγμάτοιν ποιφύγμασιν*
Accusative ποίφυγμα ποιφύγματε ποιφύγματα
Vocative ποίφυγμα ποιφύγματε ποιφύγματα

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

  • τοιαῦτ’ ἐπεύχου μὴ φιλοστόνωσ θεοῖσ, μηδ’ ἐν ματαίοισ κἀγρίοισ ποιφύγμασιν· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a blowing

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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