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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

  • καὶ οἴσει αὐτὰ πρὸσ τὸν ἱερέα, καὶ προσάξει ὁ ἱερεὺσ τὸ περὶ τῆσ ἁμαρτίασ πρότερον. καὶ ἀποκνίσει ὁ ἱερεὺσ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ σφονδύλου, καὶ οὐ διελεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 5:8)
  • τὴν δὲ τοῦ σφονδύλου φύσιν εἶναι τοιάνδε· (Plato, Republic, book 10 444:2)
  • ὀκτὼ γὰρ εἶναι τοὺσ σύμπαντασ σφονδύλουσ, ἐν ἀλλήλοισ ἐγκειμένουσ, κύκλουσ ἄνωθεν τὰ χείλη φαίνοντασ, νῶτον συνεχὲσ ἑνὸσ σφονδύλου ἀπεργαζομένουσ περὶ τὴν ἠλακάτην· (Plato, Republic, book 10 445:2)

Synonyms

  1. vertebra

  2. joint

  3. voting pebble

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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