Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πτέρνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτέρνη

Structure: πτερν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. heel
  2. hoof
  3. heel of a shoe
  4. footstep
  5. (figuratively) foot or lower part of anything
  6. (Epic) ham (from Latin perna)

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

  2. hoof

  3. heel of a shoe

  4. footstep

  5. ham

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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