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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

  • ὁ δὲ λογισμὸν ἀστεῖον ἀναλαβὼν καὶ ἄξιον τῆσ ἡλικίασ καὶ τῆσ τοῦ γήρωσ ὑπεροχῆσ καὶ τῆσ ἐπικτήτου καὶ ἐπιφανοῦσ πολιᾶσ καὶ τῆσ ἐκ παιδὸσ καλλίστησ ἀναστροφῆσ, μᾶλλον δὲ τῆσ ἁγίασ καὶ θεοκτίστου νομοθεσίασ ἀκολούθωσ ἀπεφῄνατο, ταχέωσ λέγων προπέμπειν εἰσ τὸν ᾅδην. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:23)
  • καταδυναστεύσωμεν πένητα δίκαιον, μὴ φεισώμεθα χήρασ, μηδὲ πρεσβύτου ἐντραπῶμεν πολιὰσ πολυχρονίουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 2:10)
  • λάβε μύλον, ἄλεσον ἄλευρον, ἀποκάλυψαι τὸ κατακάλυμμά σου, ἀνακάλυψαι τὰσ πολιάσ, ἀνάσυρε τὰσ κνήμασ, διάβηθι ποταμούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 47:2)
  • ὦ μακαρίου γήρωσ καὶ σεμνῆσ πολιᾶσ καὶ βίου νομίμου, ὃν πιστὴ θανάτου σφραγὶσ ἐτελείωσεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:15)
  • εὖτ’ ἂν δὲ τὴν σειρὴν τοῦ Διὸσ ἀπηγέηται καὶ τοῦ Ηἐλίου τὰσ βόασ τὰ δὴ ἐγὼ ἤματα εἶναι συμβάλλομαι, καὶ τὰσ πόλιασ τὰσ ἐν τῇ ἀσπίδι Ἥφαιστοσ ἐποιήσατο καὶ τὸν χορὸν καὶ τὴν ἀλωὴν . (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 22:2)

Related

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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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