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πολιά

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολιά

Structure: πολι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: polio/s

Sense

  1. grayness of hair

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

  • καὶ ἔσται σοι εἰσ ἐπιστρέφοντα ψυχὴν καὶ τοῦ διαθρέψαι τὴν πολιάν σου, ὅτι ἡ νύμφη ἡ ἀγαπήσασά σε ἔτεκεν αὐτόν, ἥ ἐστιν ἀγαθή σοι ὑπὲρ ἑπτὰ υἱούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 4:15)
  • καὶ ποιήσεισ κατὰ τὴν σοφίαν σου καὶ οὐ κατάξεισ τὴν πολιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐν εἰρήνῃ εἰσ ᾅδου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 2:6)
  • καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθῳώσῃσ αὐτόν, ὅτι ἀνὴρ σοφὸσ εἶ σὺ καὶ γνώσῃ ἃ ποιήσεισ αὐτῷ, καὶ κατάξεισ τὴν πολιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐν αἵματι εἰσ ᾅδου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 2:9)
  • ἐγὼ πρὶν ἄρξασθαι τῶν κατὰ σοῦ βασάνων, ὦ πρεσβῦτα, συμβουλεύσαιμ’ ἄν σοι ταῦτα, ὅπωσ ἀπογευσάμενοσ τῶν ὑείων σώζοιο. αἰδοῦμαι γάρ σου τὴν ἡλικίαν καὶ τὴν πολιάν, ἣν μετὰ τοσοῦτον ἔχων χρόνον οὐ μοι δοκεῖσ φιλοσοφεῖν τῇ Ἰουδαίων χρώμενοσ θρησκείᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 5:6)
  • ἐσιδοῦσ’ οἰκτρὰ μὲν ὄσσων δάκρυ’ ἀμφὶ βλεφάροισ, ῥυ‐ σὰ δὲ σαρκῶν πολιᾶν καταδρύμματα χειρῶν· (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, antistrophe 11)

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

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