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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

  • τί λέγεισ, ἀβέλτερ’, ὃσ τῆσ γυναικὸσ ὀφείλων παρελεῖν τὴν πορφύραν καὶ τὸν κόσμον, ἵνα παύσηται τρυφῶσα καὶ ξενομανοῦσα, τὴν οἰκίαν πάλιν καλλωπίζεισ ὡσ θέατρον ἢ θυμέλην τοῖσ εἰσιοῦσι; (Plutarch, De cupiditate divitiarum, section 9 5:1)
  • νῦν δὲ Γάλβαν προδιδόναι, τίνα φόνον μητρὸσ ἐγκαλοῦντασ ἢ σφαγὴν γυναικόσ, ἢ ποίαν αἰδουμένουσ θυμέλην ἢ τραγῳδίαν τοῦ αὐτοκράτοροσ; (Plutarch, Galba, chapter 14 2:2)
  • ταύτησ τὰ ἐπινίκια τῆσ μάχησ ἦγεν ἐν Θήβαισ, περὶ τὴν Οἰδιπόδειον κρήνην κατασκευάσασ θυμέλην. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 19 6:1)
  • εἰσ στήλην Πυλάδου ὀρχηστοῦ αὐτὸν βακχευτὴν ἐνέδυ θεόν, ἡνίκα βάκχασ ἐκ Θηβῶν Ἰταλὴν ἤγαγε πρὸσ θυμέλην, ἀνθρώποισ Πυλάδησ τερπνὸν δέοσ, οἱᾶ χορεύων δαίμονοσ ἀκρήτου πᾶσαν ἔπλησε πόλιν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2901)
  • τὴν προτερον θυμέλην μήτ’ ἔμβλεπε, μήτε παρέλθῃσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 1031)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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