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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

  • ἔστιν ὁδόσ, ἣ δοκεῖ παρὰ ἀνθρώποισ ὀρθὴ εἶναι, τὰ δὲ τελευταῖα αὐτῆσ ἔρχεται εἰσ πυθμένα ᾄδου. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 14:12)
  • εἰσὶν ὁδοὶ δοκοῦσαι εἶναι ὀρθαὶ ἀνδρί, τὰ μέντοι τελευταῖα αὐτῶν βλέπει εἰσ πυθμένα ᾅδου. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 16:21)
  • ἀτρεκέωσ, ὦ ξεῖνε, τεῆσ ποτε πυθμένα πάτρησ τὸ πρὶν ἐδωμήσαντο Ποσειδάων καὶ Ἀπόλλων; (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1151)
  • ἀλλὰ μεταξὺ λόγων, ἡλίκη ναῦσ, εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατὸν πήχεων ἔλεγε τὸ μῆκοσ ὁ ναυπηγόσ, εὖροσ δὲ ὑπὲρ τὸ τέταρτον μάλιστα τούτου, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ καταστρώματοσ ἐσ τὸν πυθμένα, ᾗ βαθύτατον κατὰ τὸν ἄντλον, ἐννέα πρὸσ τοῖσ εἴκοσι. (Lucian, 10:1)
  • εἰσὶν γὰρ φιαλώδεισ μέν, οὐ κατὰ τόρνον, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ δακτύλῳ πεποιημέναι, καὶ ἔχουσιν ὦτα τέσσαρα, πυθμένα εἰσ πλάτοσ ἐκτεταμένον πολλοὶ δ’ ἐν τῇ Ναυκράτει κεραμεῖσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 61 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. bottom of a cup or jar

  2. The bottom of the sea

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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