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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

  • τὸ δ’ ἐπὶ τῶν δυεῖν πυθμένων ζητούμενον, πῶσ λέγεται τὸ δύο δ’ ὑπὸ πυθμένεσ ἦσαν, διαλύουσιν οὕτωσ τινέσ, τῶν ποτηρίων τινὰ μὲν ἕνα πυθμένα ἔχειν τὸν φυσικὸν καὶ συγκεχαλκευμένον τῷ ὅλῳ ποτηρίῳ, καθότι τὰ λεγόμενα κυμβία καὶ τὰσ φιάλασ καὶ εἴ τι φιαλῶδέσ ἐστι τὴν ἰδέαν τινὰ δὲ δύο, ὥσπερ τὰ ᾠοσκύφια καὶ τὰ κανθάρια καὶ τὰσ Σελευκίδασ καὶ τὰ καρχήσια καὶ τὰ τούτοισ ὅμοια· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 77 1:3)
  • χθόνα δ’ ἐκ πυθμένων αὐταῖσ ῥίζαισ πνεῦμα κραδαίνοι, κῦμα δὲ πόντου τραχεῖ ῥοθίῳ συγχώσειεν τῶν οὐρανίων ἄστρων διόδουσ· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests4)
  • δεινὸν δ’ ἀύσασ ὡσ ὑφηγητοῦ τινοσ πύλαισ διπλαῖσ ἐνήλατ’, ἐκ δὲ πυθμένων ἔκλινε κοῖλα κλῇθρα κἀμπίπτει στέγῃ. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 1:13)
  • ἑψήματα γὰρ αὐτοῖσ χορηγοῦσιν ἔκ τινοσ εὐτελείασ ἑτοίμησ γινόμενα, καὶ τῶν ἐκ τῆσ βύβλου πυθμένων τοὺσ δυναμένουσ εἰσ τὸ πῦρ ἐγκρύβεσθαι, καὶ τῶν ῥιζῶν καὶ τῶν καυλῶν τῶν ἑλείων τὰ μὲν ὠμά, τὰ δ’ ἕψοντεσ, τὰ δ’ ὀπτῶντεσ, διδόασιν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 80 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. bottom of a cup or jar

  2. The bottom of the sea

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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