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σέλαχος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: σέλαχος σελάχους

Structure: σελαχο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. cartilaginous fish

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

  • δελφὶσ δὲ ὀστᾶ μὲν ἔχει καὶ οὐκ ἄκανθαν, τὰ δὲ σελάχη καὶ χόνδρον καὶ ἄκανθαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 493)
  • Ἀριστοτέλησ δ’ ἐν πέμπτῳ ζῴων μορίων σελάχη φησὶν εἶναι βάτον, τρυγόνα, βοῦν, λάμιαν, αἰετόν, νάρκην, βάτραχον καὶ πάντα τὰ γαλεοειδῆ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 26 1:5)
  • Ἀρχέστρατοσ δέ φησιν καὶ σελάχη μέντοι κλεινή Μίλητοσ ἄριστα ἐκτρέφει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1123)
  • "σελάχη, φησί, βοῦσ, τρυγών, νάρκη, βατίσ, βάτραχοσ, βούγλωττοσ, ψῆττα, μῦσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 139 2:1)

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