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θυρεός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 수학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θυρεός θυρεοῦ

Structure: θυρε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qu/ra

Sense

  1. a stone put against a door to keep it shut, a door-stone
  2. a wide oblong shield (like a door), opp. to ἀσπίς ‎(aspís, “the round shield”) (as Lat. scūtum to clipeus)
  3. disk forming part of καθετήρ ‎(kathetḗr)
  4. (mathematics) oval

Declension

Second 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 ἀπὸ τοῦ Γαδδὶ ἐχωρίσθησαν πρὸσ Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἐρήμου ἰσχυροὶ δυνατοὶ ἄνδρεσ παρατάξεωσ πολέμου αἴροντεσ θυρεοὺσ καὶ δόρατα, καὶ πρόσωπον λέοντοσ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν, καὶ κοῦφοι ὡσ δορκάδεσ ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων τῷ τάχει. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 12:9)
  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Σαλωμὼν διακοσίουσ θυρεοὺσ χρυσοῦσ ἐλατούσ, ἑξακόσιοι χρυσοῖ καθαροὶ ἐπῆσαν ἐπὶ τὸν ἕνα θυρεόν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 9:13)
  • κατὰ πόλιν καὶ κατὰ πόλιν θυρεοὺσ καὶ δόρατα, καὶ κατίσχυσεν αὐτὰσ εἰσ πλῆθοσ σφόδρα. καὶ ἦσαν αὐτῷ Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμίν. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 11:12)
  • καὶ ἀνέβη Σουσακὶμ βασιλεὺσ Αἰγύπτου ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺσ θησαυροὺσ τοὺσ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου καὶ τοὺσ θησαυροὺσ τοὺσ ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέωσ, τὰ πάντα ἔλαβε. καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺσ θυρεοὺσ τοὺσ χρυσοῦσ, οὓσ ἐποίησε Σαλωμών, (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 12:9)
  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ Ροβοὰμ θυρεοὺσ χαλκοῦσ ἀντ’ αὐτῶν. καὶ κατέστησεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν Σουσακὶμ ἄρχοντασ παρατρεχόντων, τοὺσ φυλάσσοντασ τὸν πυλῶνα τοῦ βασιλέωσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 12:10)

Synonyms

  1. disk forming part of καθετήρ ‎

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