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προβλής

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: προβλής προβλῆτος

Structure: προβλητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: proba/llw

Sense

  1. forestretching, jutting, forelands, headlands

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative προβλής προβλῆτε προβλῆτες
Genitive προβλῆτος προβλήτοιν προβλήτων
Dative προβλῆτι προβλήτοιν προβλῆσιν*
Accusative προβλῆτα προβλῆτε προβλῆτας
Vocative προβλή προβλῆτε προβλῆτες

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

  • ἀμφὶ δ’ ἄρ’ ὀφρῦσ ἀμφοτέρασ προβλῆτασ ἐύσκοποσ ἔπλασε τέχνη, οὔτι μάτην· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 66:1)
  • κρόσσασ μὲν πύργων ἔρυον, καὶ ἔρειπον ἐπάλξεισ, στήλασ τε προβλῆτασ ἐμόχλεον, ἃσ ἄρ’ Ἀχαιοὶ πρώτασ ἐν γαίῃ θέσαν ἔμμεναι ἔχματα πύργων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 18:5)

Synonyms

  1. forestretching

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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