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πτύγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτύγμα πτύγματος

Structure: πτυγματ (Stem)

Etym.: ptu/ssw

Sense

  1. anything folded

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πτύγμα πτύγματε πτύγματα
Genitive πτύγματος πτυγμάτοιν πτυγμάτων
Dative πτύγματι πτυγμάτοιν πτύγμασιν*
Accusative πτύγμα πτύγματε πτύγματα
Vocative πτύγμα πτύγματε πτύγματα

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

  • Ἄρτεμι, σοὶ τὰ πέδιλα Κιχησίου εἵσατο υἱόσ, καὶ πέπλων ὀλίγον πτύγμα Θεμιστοδίκη, οὕνεκά οἱ πρηεῖα λεχοῖ δισσὰσ ὑπερέσχεσ χεῖρασ, ἄτερ τόξου, πότνια, νισσομένη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2711)
  • ἀμφὶ δ’ ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ, πρόσθε δέ οἱ πέπλοιο φαεινοῦ πτύγμα κάλυψεν ἑρ́κοσ ἔμεν βελέων, μή τισ Δαναῶν ταχυπώλων χαλκὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι βαλὼν ἐκ θυμὸν ἕλοιτο. (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 36:2)

Synonyms

  1. anything folded

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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