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θῆσσα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: θῆσσα

Structure: θησς (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. female mercenary
  2. chariot upon which were carried the statues of idols

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative θῆσσα θήσσᾱ θῆσσαι
Genitive θήσσης θήσσαιν θησσῶν
Dative θήσσῃ θήσσαιν θήσσαις
Accusative θῆσσαν θήσσᾱ θήσσᾱς
Vocative θῆσσα θήσσᾱ θῆσσαι

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

  • οἴμοι τοῦ καταφθιμένου τοῦ τε ζῶντοσ ἀλάτα, ὅσ που γᾶν ἄλλαν κατέχει, μέλεοσ ἀλαί‐ νων ποτὶ θῆσσαν ἑστίαν, τοῦ κλεινοῦ πατρὸσ ἐκφύσ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 36)

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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