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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

  • τὸ μὲν σχῆμα οἱάπερ ἡ τοῦ ἐνθάδε, νοῆσαι δὲ δεῖ ἐξ ὧν ἔλεγεν τοιόνδε αὐτὸν εἶναι, ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ ἐν ἑνὶ μεγάλῳ σφονδύλῳ κοίλῳ καὶ ἐξεγλυμμένῳ διαμπερὲσ ἄλλοσ τοιοῦτοσ ἐλάττων ἐγκέοιτο ἁρμόττων, καθάπερ οἱ κάδοι οἱ εἰσ ἀλλήλουσ ἁρμόττοντεσ, καὶ οὕτω δὴ τρίτον ἄλλον καὶ τέταρτον καὶ ἄλλουσ τέτταρασ. (Plato, Republic, book 10 445:1)

Synonyms

  1. vertebra

  2. joint

  3. voting pebble

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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