σφόνδυλος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
σφόνδυλος
σφονδύλου
Structure:
σφονδυλ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- vertebra (especially the cervical vertebrae)
- joint (especially of a scorpion's tail)
- tambour
- whorl (spindle weight)
- whorl (botany)
- 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.
- τὸν δὲ κατὰ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ τοῦ κεστρέωσ ἐχῖνον σφόνδυλον ὀνομάζει διαφέρειν τέ φησι κεφάλου κεφαλῖνον, ὃν καὶ βλεψίαν καλεῖσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 77 1:2)
- Ἀρχέστρατοσ δέ φησιν ἀλλὰ λαβὲ ξιφίου τέμαχοσ Βυζάντιον ἐλθὼν οὐραίου γ’ αὐτὸν τὸν σφόνδυλον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 963)
- οὗ τὴν μὲν ἠλακάτην τε καὶ τὸ ἄγκιστρον εἶναι ἐξ ἀδάμαντοσ, τὸν δὲ σφόνδυλον μεικτὸν ἔκ τε τούτου καὶ ἄλλων γενῶν. (Plato, Republic, book 10 444:1)
- τὸν μὲν οὖν πρῶτόν τε καὶ ἐξωτάτω σφόνδυλον πλατύτατον τὸν τοῦ χείλουσ κύκλον ἔχειν, τὸν δὲ τοῦ ἕκτου δεύτερον, τρίτον δὲ τὸν τοῦ τετάρτου, τέταρτον δὲ τὸν τοῦ ὀγδόου, πέμπτον δὲ τὸν τοῦ ἑβδόμου, ἕκτον δὲ τὸν τοῦ πέμπτου, ἕβδομον δὲ τὸν τοῦ τρίτου, ὄγδοον δὲ τὸν τοῦ δευτέρου. (Plato, Republic, book 10 446:2)
Synonyms
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vertebra
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joint
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voting pebble
