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πόρπη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πόρπη

Structure: πορπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: pei/rw

Sense

  1. a buckle-pin, a buckle or brooch

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πόρπη πόρπᾱ πόρπαι
Genitive πόρπης πόρπαιν πορπῶν
Dative πόρπῃ πόρπαιν πόρπαις
Accusative πόρπην πόρπᾱ πόρπᾱς
Vocative πόρπη πόρπᾱ πόρπαι

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

  • οἱ δὲ νῦν αὐλικοί, πρακτικοὶ δοκοῦντεσ εἶναι, μηδενὸσ καλοῦντοσ ὠθοῦνται δι’ αὑτῶν ἐπὶ τράχηλον εἰσ αὐλὰσ καὶ προπομπὰσ καὶ θυραυλίασ ἐπιπόνουσ, ἵν’ ἵππου τινὸσ ἢ πόρπησ ἢ τοιαύτησ τινὸσ εὐημερίασ τύχωσι. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 1 1:3)
  • εἶναι, μηδενὸσ καλοῦντοσ ὠθοῦνται δι’ αὑτῶν ἐπὶ τράχηλον εἰσ αὐλὰσ καὶ προπομπὰσ καὶ θυραυλίασ ἐπιπόνουσ, ἵν’ ἵππου τινὸσ ἢ πόρπησ ἢ τοιαύτησ τινὸσ εὐημερίασ τύχωσι. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 1 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. a buckle-pin

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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