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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

  • "φεῖσαι ^ τῆσ θυμέλησ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 76:4)
  • "ἀλλ’ ἡμεῖσ ἐρωδιοῖσ οἰόμεθα καὶ τροχίλοισ καὶ κόραξι χρῆσθαι φθεγγομένοισ σημαίνοντα τὸν θεόν, καὶ οὐκ ἀξιοῦμεν, ᾗ θεῶν ἄγγελοι καὶ κήρυκέσ εἰσι, λογικῶσ ἕκαστα καὶ σαφῶσ φράζειν τὴν δὲ τῆσ Πυθίασ φωνὴν καὶ διάλεκτον ὥσπερ ἐκ θυμέλησ, οὐκ ἀνήδυντον οὐδὲ λιτὴν ἀλλ’ ἐν μέτρῳ καὶ ὄγκῳ καὶ πλάσματι καὶ μεταφοραῖσ ὀνομάτων καὶ μετ’ αὐλοῦ φθεγγομένην παρέχειν ἀξιοῦμεν. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 2212)
  • ἀναλαβὼν οὖν ἐνταῦθα τὴν δύναμιν ἐξώρμησε κώμῳ χρώμενοσ ἐφ’ ἡμέρασ ἑπτὰ διὰ τῆσ Καρμανίασ, αὐτὸν μὲν οὖν ἵπποι σχέδην ἐκόμιζον ὀκτώ, μετὰ τῶν ἑταίρων ὑπὲρ θυμέλησ ἐν ὑψηλῷ καὶ περιφανεῖ πλαισίῳ πεπηγυίασ εὐωχούμενον συνεχῶσ ἡμέρασ καὶ νυκτόσ· (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 67 1:1)
  • τοῦτον μὲν οὖν ἐπίτηδεσ ἐκείνῳ παρεθήκαμεν, τῷ ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματοσ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆσ θυμέλησ. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 12 5:6)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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