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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

  • 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)
  • ἐὰν μὴ γνῷσ σεαυτήν, ἡ καλὴ ἐν γυναιξίν, ἔξελθε σὺ ἐν πτέρναισ τῶν ποιμνίων καὶ ποίμαινε τὰσ ἐρίφουσ σου ἐπὶ σκηνώμασι τῶν ποιμένων. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 1:8)
  • ἐκεῖνο γὰρ ἦν ἄτοπον, εἴ τισ ἔλεγε κόσμον εἶναι τὸν ἐν αὐτῷ σελήνην ἔχοντα καθάπερ ἄνθρωπον ἐν ταῖσ πτέρναισ τὸν ἐγκέφαλον φοροῦντα καὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἐν τοῖσ κροτάφοισ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 27 6:2)
  • ὅσοι δ’ Ἀθηναῖοι ὄντεσ μὴ τῇ πατρίδι, ἀλλὰ Φιλίππῳ εὔνοιαν ἐνδείκνυνται, προσήκει αὐτοὺσ ὑφ’ ὑμῶν κακοὺσ κακῶσ ἀπολωλέναι, εἴπερ ὑμεῖσ τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ἐν τοῖσ κροτάφοισ καὶ μὴ ἐν ταῖσ πτέρναισ καταπεπατημένον φορεῖτε. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 57:3)

Synonyms

  1. heel

  2. hoof

  3. heel of a shoe

  4. footstep

  5. ham

Derived

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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