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θεράπαινα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεράπαινα

Structure: θεραπαιν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. a waiting maid, handmaid

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative θεράπαινα θεραπαίνᾱ θεράπαιναι
Genitive θεραπαίνης θεραπαίναιν θεραπαινῶν
Dative θεραπαίνῃ θεραπαίναιν θεραπαίναις
Accusative θεράπαιναν θεραπαίνᾱ θεραπαίνᾱς
Vocative θεράπαινα θεραπαίνᾱ θεράπαιναι

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

  • φαγόντεσ δ’ ἐκεῖνοι μετὰ σιωπῆσ, ὡσ πρέπει νέοισ, ἀλλήλοισ ὁμιλοῦσιν ἠρέμα προσκύψαντεσ οὐ περὶ ἐδεσμάτων, φησίν, οὐδὲ τῶν θεραπαινῶν τοῦ κεκληκότοσ ὑφ’ ὧν ἐλούσαντο, περὶ δὲ τῶν κτημάτων τοῦ ὑποδεξαμένου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 14 1:4)
  • ἔπειτα οὐ μετὰ τῆσ ἑταίρασ καὶ τῶν θεραπαινῶν ἀλλὰ μόνοι μετὰ παιδὸσ τοῦ διακονοῦντοσ. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 74:5)
  • οἱ δὲ κοπωθέντεσ ὑπὸ τῶν θεραπαινῶν ἑάλωσαν. (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 30 1:2)
  • ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ἑορτὴ θεραπαινῶν καλεῖται· (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 30 2:4)
  • οἱ δὲ κοπωθέντεσ ὑπὸ τῶν θεραπαινῶν ἑάλωσαν. (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 30 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a waiting maid

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

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