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πτέρνα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτέρνα πτέρνης

Structure: πτερν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. heel

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

  • "τοῦ γὰρ ἱστοῦ τὸ μὲν κατωτάτω πτέρνα καλεῖται, ἣ ἐμπίπτει εἰσ τὴν ληνόν, τὸ δ’ οἱο͂ν εἰσ μέσον τράχηλοσ, τὸ δὲ πρὸσ τῷ τέλει καρχήσιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 49 1:3)
  • Οἷσι δὲ ἐσ τοὔμπροσθεν, σημεῖα τἀναντία, ὄπισθεν λαπαρὸν, ἔμπροσθεν ἐξέχον, ἥκιστα ξυγκάμπτουσιν οὗτοι τὸ σκέλοσ, μάλιστα δὲ ἐκτείνουσιν‧ ὀρθὸσ ποὺσ, σκέλοσ ἴσον, πτέρνα‧ βραχεῖ ἄκρωσ ἀνέσταλται. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., MOXLIKOS., 24.1)

Synonyms

  1. heel

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