Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρωτοκλισία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρωτοκλισία

Structure: πρωτοκλισι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: kli/nw

Sense

  1. the first seat at table

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

  • ἀποσταλέντοσ δὲ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Μενεσθέωσ διὰ τὰ πρωτοκλίσια Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Φιλομήτοροσ Βασιλέωσ, μεταλαβὼν Ἀντίοχοσ ἀλλότριον αὐτὸν τῶν αὐτῶν γεγονέναι πραγμάτων, τῆσ καθ̓ αὑτὸν ἀσφαλείασ ἐφρόντιζεν. ὅθεν εἰσ Ἰόππην παραγενόμενοσ κατήντησεν εἰσ Ἱεροσόλυμα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:21)

Synonyms

  1. the first seat at table

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION