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θυμέλη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θυμέλη θυμέλης

Structure: θυμελ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: qu/w

Sense

  1. a place of sacrifice, altar, temple
  2. In Athenian theater, the altar of Dionysus, an altar shaped platform in the middle of the orchestra, upon which stood the leader of the chorus.

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

  • μόλοι δὲ ναυκλήρια, καὶ στρατιᾶσ Ἑλλάδοσ διόπτασ ἵκοιτο, καὶ κάμψειε πάλιν θυμέλασ οἴ‐ κων πατρὸσ Ἰλιάδασ. (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • ὁσίωσ οὔχ, ὑπ’ ἀνάγκασ δὲ προπίπτου‐ σα προσαιτοῦσ’ ἔμολον δε‐ ξιπύρουσ θεῶν θυμέλασ· (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • ὄψιν δὲ προσβαλοῦσα παιδὶ νηπίῳ ἐθαύμασ’ εἴ τισ Δελφίδων τλαίη κόρη λαθραῖον ὠδῖν’ ἐσ θεοῦ ῥῖψαι δόμον, ὑπέρ τε θυμέλασ διορίσαι πρόθυμοσ ἦν· (Euripides, Ion, episode 4:2)
  • ὅδε πρὸσ θυμέλασ ἄλλοσ ἐρέσσει κύκνοσ. (Euripides, Ion, choral, anapests6)
  • εἰ μὲν ἐθύσατε πέλανον πρὸ δόμων καί τι πυθέσθαι χρῄζετε Φοίβου, πάριτ’ ἐσ θυμέλασ· (Euripides, Ion, choral, antistrophe 29)

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