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σφαγή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφαγή

Structure: σφαγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: sfa/zw

Sense

  1. slaughter, butchery, the gaping wound
  2. the throat

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

  • ἡ μάχαιρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἐνεπλήσθη αἵματοσ, ἐπαχύνθη ἀπὸ στέατοσ ἀρνῶν καὶ ἀπὸ στέατοσ τράγων καὶ κριῶν. ὅτι θυσία τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν Βοσὸρ καὶ σφαγὴ μεγάλη ἐν τῇ Ἰδουμαίᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 34:6)
  • ἐγὼ παραδώσω ὑμᾶσ εἰσ μάχαιραν, πάντεσ ἐν σφαγῇ πεσεῖσθε. ὅτι ἐλάλησα ὑμᾶσ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε, ἐλάλησα καὶ παρηκούσατε καὶ ἐποιήσατε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ καὶ ἃ οὐκ ἐβουλόμην, ἐξελέξασθε. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 65:12)
  • οἷσ ἑξῆσ ὁ Κιθαιρὼν καὶ τὰ Θηβαίων καὶ Λαβδακιδῶν πάθη καὶ Κάδμου ἐπιδημία καὶ βοὸσ ὄκλασισ καὶ ὄφεωσ ὀδόντεσ καὶ Σπαρτῶν ἀνάδοσισ καὶ αὖθισ τοῦ Κάδμου εἰσ δράκοντα μεταβολὴ καὶ πρὸσ λύραν τείχισισ καὶ μανία τοῦ τειχοποιοῦ καὶ τῆσ γυναικὸσ αὐτοῦ τῆσ Νιόβησ ἡ μεγαλαυχία καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ τῷ πένθει σιγὴ καὶ τὰ Πενθέωσ καὶ Ἀκταίωνοσ καὶ τὰ Οἰδίποδοσ καὶ Ἡρακλῆσ σὺν τοῖσ ἄθλοισ αὐτοῦ ἅπασιν καὶ ἡ τῶν παίδων σφαγή. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 41:2)
  • ἐπὶ τούτοισ τὰ Πελοπιδῶν καὶ Μυκῆναι καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐταῖσ καὶ πρὸ αὐτῶν, Ἴναχοσ καὶ Ιὢ καὶ ὁ φρουρὸσ αὐτῆσ Ἄργοσ καὶ Ἀτρεὺσ καὶ Θυέστησ καὶ Αἐρόπη, καὶ τὸ χρυσοῦν ἀρνίον καὶ Πελοπείασ ^ γάμοσ καὶ Ἀγαμέμνονοσ σφαγὴ καὶ Κλυταιμήστρασ τιμωρία καὶ ἔτι πρὸ τούτων ἡ τῶν ἑπτὰ λοχαγῶν στρατεία καὶ ἡ τῶν φυγάδων γαμβρῶν τοῦ Ἀδράστου ὑποδοχὴ καὶ ὁ ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ χρησμὸσ καὶ ἡ τῶν πεσόντων ἀταφία καὶ Ἀντιγόνησ διὰ ταῦτα καὶ Μενοικέωσ ἀπώλεια. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 43:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἀφῆκε πνεῦμα θανασίμῳ σφαγῇ, οὐδεὶσ τὸν αὐτὸν εἶχεν Ἀργείων πόνον· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. the throat

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

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