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θυμάλωψ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θυμάλωψ θυμάλωπος

Structure: θυμαλωπ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: tu/fw

Sense

  1. a piece of burning wood or charcoal, a hot coal

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

  • καὶ μὴν κἀκεῖνο οὐ μικρόν, μᾶλλον δὲ τὸ μέγιστον ἁμαρτάνεισ, ὅτι οὐ πρότερον τὰσ διανοίασ τῶν λέξεων προπαρεσκευασμένοσ ἔπειτα κατακοσμεῖσ τοῖσ ῥήμασιν καὶ τοῖσ ὀνόμασιν, ἀλλὰ ἤν που ῥῆμα ἔκφυλον εὑρ́ῃσ ἢ αὐτὸσ πλασάμενοσ οἰηθῇσ εἶναι καλόν, τούτῳ ζητεῖσ διάνοιαν ἐφαρμόσαι καὶ ζημίαν ἡγῇ, ἂν μὴ παραβύσῃσ αὐτό που, κἂν τῷ λεγομένῳ μηδ’ ἀναγκαῖον ᾖ, οἱο͂ν πρῴην τὸν θυμάλωπα ^ οὐδὲ εἰδὼσ ὅ τι σημαίνει, ἀπέρριψασ οὐδὲν ἐοικότα τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 24:2)
  • οἱο͂ν αὖ μέλασ τισ ὑμῖν θυμάλωψ ἐπέζεσεν. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parodos, trochees13)
  • κἀγώ σ’ ἀποδείξω θυμάλωπα τήμερον. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode2)

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

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