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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

  • ὅτε ἐνεποδίσθησαν πτέρναι ἵππου, σπουδῇ ἔσπευσαν ἰσχυροὶ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:22)
  • πτέρναι τενόντων θ’ ὑπογραφαὶ μετρούμεναι εἰσ ταὐτὸ συμβαίνουσι τοῖσ ἐμοῖσ στίβοισ. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. heel

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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