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σφόνδυλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφόνδυλος σφονδύλου

Structure: σφονδυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. vertebra (especially the cervical vertebrae)
  2. joint (especially of a scorpion's tail)
  3. tambour
  4. whorl (spindle weight)
  5. whorl (botany)
  6. voting pebble

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

  • Ἐπίχαρμοσ γοῦν ἐν Μεγαρίδι φησὶν ’ ὀρύα τυρίδιον, ὁ κωλεοί, σφονδύλοι, τῶν δὲ βρωμάτων οὐδὲ ἕν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. vertebra

  2. joint

  3. voting pebble

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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