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σέλμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σέλμα σέλματος

Structure: σελματ (Stem)

Etym.: seli/s

Sense

  1. the deck of a ship
  2. rowing-benches
  3. a seat, throne
  4. scaffolds behind the parapet
  5. logs of building timber

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σέλμα σέλματε σέλματα
Genitive σέλματος σελμάτοιν σελμάτων
Dative σέλματι σελμάτοιν σέλμασιν*
Accusative σέλμα σέλματε σέλματα
Vocative σέλμα σέλματε σέλματα

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

  • ἀνὴρ γὰρ Ἕλλην ἐξ Ἀθηναίων στρατοῦ ἐλθὼν ἔλεξε παιδὶ σῷ Ξέρξῃ τάδε, ὡσ εἰ μελαίνησ νυκτὸσ ἵξεται κνέφασ, Ἕλληνεσ οὐ μενοῖεν, ἀλλὰ σέλμασιν ναῶν ἐπανθορόντεσ ἄλλοσ ἄλλοσε δρασμῷ κρυφαίῳ βίοτον ἐκσωσοίατο. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 2:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἔσ τ’ ἐπάλξεισ καὶ πύλασ πυργωμάτων ὁρμᾶσθε πάντεσ, σοῦσθε σὺν παντευχίᾳ, πληροῦτε θωρακεῖα, κἀπὶ σέλμασιν πύργων στάθητε, καὶ πυλῶν ἐπ’ ἐξόδοισ μίμνοντεσ εὖ θαρσεῖτε, μηδ’ ἐπηλύδων ταρβεῖτ’ ἄγαν ὅμιλον· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 2:8)
  • αὕτωσ δὲ ναὸσ ὅστισ ἐγκρατῆ πόδα τείνασ ὑπείκει μηδέν, ὑπτίοισ κάτω στρέψασ τὸ λοιπὸν σέλμασιν ναυτίλλεται. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 1:16)

Synonyms

  1. the deck of a ship

  2. rowing-benches

  3. a seat

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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