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πυθμήν

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυθμήν πυθμένος

Structure: πυθμην (Stem)

Sense

  1. bottom of a cup or jar
  2. The bottom of the sea

Declension

Third 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 ἐνυπνιάσθη τὸ δεύτερον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ ἀνέβαινον ἐν τῷ πυθμένι ἑνὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ καλοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:5)
  • καὶ εἶδον πάλιν ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ μου, καὶ ὥσπερ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ ἀνέβαινον ἐν πυθμένι ἑνὶ πλήρεισ καὶ καλοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:22)
  • δειλὴ δ’ ἐνὶ πυθμένι φειδώ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 40:15)
  • ἀτεχνῶσ γὰρ ἐν τῷ πυθμένι δοκεῖ μοι ὁ θεὸσ κατακρύψαι τὸ φιλοσοφίασ ἀγαθὸν ὑπὸ τὴν τρύγα αὐτήν. (Lucian, 122:5)
  • ἐκ μιᾶσ οἱονεὶ ῥίζησ, ἥτισ τῷ πυθμένι προσκυρεῖ ,2 καθ’ ἑκάτερον τὸ οὖσ διασχιδεῖσ εἰσι ῥάβδοι ἐπ’ ἀμφοῖν, οὐ πολὺ ἀπ’ ἀλλήλων διεστῶσαι διάστημα, αὗται μέχρι τοῦ χείλουσ διήκουσαι τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ μικρὸν ἔτι μετεωριζόμεναι κατὰ μὲν τὴν ἀπόστασιν τοῦ ἀγγείου φυλάττουσι τὴν διάσχισιν, κατὰ δὲ τὸ ἀπολῆγον πρὸσ τὴν τοῦ χείλουσ ἔρεισιν πάλιν συμφυεῖσ εἰσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 773)

Synonyms

  1. bottom of a cup or jar

  2. The bottom of the sea

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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