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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)
  • τοῦ δὲ νεύοντοσ κάτω ὄνυχασ ἐπ’ ἄκρουσ στὰσ κασίγνητοσ σέθεν ἐσ σφονδύλουσ ἔπαισε, νωτιαῖα δὲ ἔρρηξεν ἄρθρα· (Euripides, episode 4:15)
  • οἰο͂ν μυκτὴρ μυκᾶται καὶ σφόνδυλοσ ἀχεῖ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode, anapests6)
  • ἐξαλλαγεὶσ γὰρ τοῦ παρεστῶτοσ πόνου, λαιὸν μὲν ἐσ τοὔπισθεν ἀμφέρει πόδα, πρόσω τὰ κοῖλα γαστρὸσ εὐλαβούμενοσ, προβὰσ δὲ κῶλον δεξιὸν δι’ ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχοσ σφονδύλοισ τ’ ἐνήρμοσεν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 4:3)
  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. vertebra

  2. joint

  3. voting pebble

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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