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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

  • καὶ ἔχθραν θήσω ἀνὰ μέσον σοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆσ γυναικὸσ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σπέρματόσ σου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σπέρματοσ αὐτῆσ. αὐτόσ σου τηρήσει κεφαλήν, καὶ σὺ τηρήσεισ αὐτοῦ πτέρναν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:15)
  • καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἐξῆλθεν ὁ ἀδελφὸσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἐπειλημμένη τῆσ πτέρνησ Ἡσαῦ. καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ. Ἰσαὰκ δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα, ὅτε ἔτεκεν αὐτοὺσ Ρεβέκκα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:26)
  • καὶ γενηθήτω Δὰν ὄφισ ἐφ̓ ὁδοῦ, ἐγκαθήμενοσ ἐπὶ τρίβου, δάκνων πτέρναν ἵππου, καὶ πεσεῖται ὁ ἱππεὺσ εἰσ τὰ ὀπίσω, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:17)
  • γινώσκετε ὅτι οὐ μὴ προσθῇ Κύριοσ τοῦ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι τὰ ἔθνη ταῦτα ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσονται ὑμῖν εἰσ παγίδασ καὶ εἰσ σκάνδαλα καὶ εἰσ ἥλουσ ἐν ταῖσ πτέρναισ ὑμῶν καὶ εἰσ βολίδασ ἐν τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσ ὑμῶν, ἕωσ ἂν ἀπόλησθε ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ τῆσ ἀγαθῆσ ταύτησ, ἣν ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 23:13)
  • ὅτε ἐνεποδίσθησαν πτέρναι ἵππου, σπουδῇ ἔσπευσαν ἰσχυροὶ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:22)
  • "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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