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σφαγή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφαγή

Structure: σφαγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: sfa/zw

Sense

slaughter, butchery, the gaping wound
the throat

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	σφαγή	σφαγᾱ́	σφαγαί
Genitive	σφαγῆς	σφαγαῖν	σφαγῶν
Dative	σφαγῇ	σφαγαῖν	σφαγαῖς
Accusative	σφαγήν	σφαγᾱ́	σφαγᾱ́ς
Vocative	σφαγή	σφαγᾱ́	σφαγαί

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

ὃ δὴ καὶ νῦν εἰ διαπράξαιτο ἐν Διονυσίῳ ὡσ ἐπεχείρησε, μεγάλασ ἐλπίδασ εἶχεν ἄνευ σφαγῶν καὶ θανάτων καὶ τῶν νῦν γεγονότων κακῶν βίον ἂν εὐδαίμονα καὶ ἀληθινὸν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ χώρᾳ κατασκευάσαι. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 28:1)
ἐὰν γὰρ ἀμφίθρεπτον αἷμα τῶν ἐμῶν σφαγῶν ἐνέγκῃ χερσίν, ᾗ μελαγχόλουσ ἔβαψεν ἰοὺσ θρέμμα Λερναίασ ὕδρασ, ἔσται φρενόσ σοι τοῦτο κηλητήριον τῆσ Ἡρακλείασ, ὥστε μήτιν’ εἰσιδὼν στέρξει γυναῖκα κεῖνοσ ἀντὶ σοῦ πλέον. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode18)
ἐκ δὲ τοῦδ’ ὅδε σφαγῶν διελθὼν ἰὸσ αἵματοσ μέλασ πῶσ οὐκ ὀλεῖ καὶ τόνδε; (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 2:8)
Χίουσ μέν γε προθυμοτάτουσ τῶν νησιωτῶν περὶ αὐτοὺσ γενομένουσ καὶ σχεδὸν πᾶσι τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν ἄρξαντασ τῆσ ἀφ’ ἡμῶν ἀποστάσεωσ τὴν πολιτείαν καὶ τὰ τείχη παρείλοντο, καὶ τοσούτων φυγῶν καὶ σφαγῶν ἐνέπλησαν, ὥστε εἰρήνην αὐτοῖσ εἶναι δόξαι πάσασ τὰσ τοῦ πολέμου ταλαιπωρίασ· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 11:1)

Synonyms

the throat
- βρόχθος (the throat)
- φάρυγξ (throat)
- λαυκανίη (the throat)
- δειρή (the neck, throat)
- τράχηλος (the neck, throat)
- ἀσφάραγος (the throat, gullet)
- λαιμός (the throat, gullet)
- λάρυγξ (gullet, throat)
- στόμαχος (throat, gullet)

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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Sense

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the throat

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