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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

  • καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃσ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου. διατί ἀπήντησέ μοι ταῦτα̣ διὰ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῆσ ἀδικίασ σου ἀνεκαλύφθη τὰ ὀπίσθιά σου παραδειγματισθῆναι τὰσ πτέρνασ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 13:22)
  • ἔχειν δὲ τὰσ μὲν πτέρνασ πρόσθεν, τοὺσ δὲ ταρσοὺσ ὄπισθεν καὶ τοὺσ δακτύλουσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 114:10)
  • ὅτε δὲ κουφίζων τὴν πρῶρραν ὀρθὸν ποιήσειε τὸ σκάφοσ ἐπὶ πρύμναν, τὰσ μὲν πτέρνασ τῶν ὀργάνων εἰσ ἀκίνητον καθῆπτε, τὴν δὲ χεῖρα καὶ τὴν ἅλυσιν ἐκ τῆσ μηχανῆσ ἐξέρραινε διά τινοσ σχαστηρίασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 8, chapter 6 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. heel

  2. hoof

  3. heel of a shoe

  4. footstep

  5. ham

Derived

Similar forms

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