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θρέπτειρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: θρέπτειρα

Structure: θρεπτειρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: fem. of qrepth/r, Eur., Anth.

Sense

Declension

First 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

  • γραῖα, φίλη θρέπτειρα, τί μου προσιόντοσ ὑλακτεῖσ, καὶ χαλεπὰσ βάλλεισ δὶσ τόσον εἰσ ὀδύνασ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 1061)
  • μῆτερ ἐμή Ῥείη, Φρυγίων θρέπτειρα λεόντων, Δίνδυμον ἧσ μύσταισ οὐκ ἀπάτητον ὄροσ, σοὶ τάδε θῆλυσ Ἄλεξισ ἑῆσ οἰστρήματα λύσσησ ἄνθετο, χαλκοτύπου παυσάμενοσ μανίησ, κύμβαλά τ’ ὀξύφθογγα, βαρυφθόγγων τ’ ἀλαλητὸν αὐλῶν, οὓσ μόσχου λοξὸν ἔκαμψε κέρασ, τυμπανά τ’ ἠχήεντα, καὶ αἵματι φοινιχθέντα φάσγανα, καὶ ξανθάσ, τὰσ πρὶν ἔσεισε, κόμασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 511)
  • νᾶσοσ ἐμὰ θρέπτειρα Τύροσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4171)

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

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