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σφῦρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφῦρα

Structure: σφυρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. a hammer
  2. a beetle, mallet

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σφῦρα σφύρᾱ σφύραι
Genitive σφύρᾱς σφύραιν σφυρῶν
Dative σφύρᾱͅ σφύραιν σφύραις
Accusative σφύρᾱν σφύρᾱ σφύρᾱς
Vocative σφύρᾱ σφύρᾱ σφύραι

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 ἔλαβεν Ἰαὴλ γυνὴ Χαβὲρ τὸν πάσσαλον τῆσ σκηνῆσ καὶ ἔθηκε τὴν σφῦραν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτῆσ καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἐν κρυφῇ καὶ ἔπηξε τὸν πάσσαλον ἐν τῷ κροτάφῳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ διεξῆλθεν ἐν τῇ γῇ. καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐξεστὼσ ἐσκοτώθη καὶ ἀπέθανε. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 4:21)
  • χεῖρα αὐτῆσ ἀριστερὰν εἰσ πάσσαλον ἐξέτεινε καὶ δεξιὰν αὐτῆσ εἰσ σφῦραν κοπιώντων καὶ ἐσφυροκόπησε Σισάρα, διήλωσε κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξε, διήλωσε κρόταφον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:26)
  • τάν τε Κερκυόνοσ παλαίστραν ἔσχεν, Πολυπήμονόσ τε καρτερὰν σφῦραν ἐξέβαλεν Προκό‐ πτασ, ἀρείονοσ τυχὼν φωτόσ. (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 18 2:5)
  • εἰ δέ κεν ὀκταπόδην, ἀπὸ καὶ σφῦράν κε τάμοιο. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:7)
  • σὺ δέ, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, κατάκλειε καὶ προσήλου καὶ τὴν σφῦραν ἐρρωμένωσ κατάφερε. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 2:5)

Synonyms

  1. a hammer

  2. a beetle

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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