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σησάμη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σησάμη

Structure: σησαμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. sesame

Declension

First 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

  • οἱ δὲ ξύμμαχοι ὡσ ᾔσθηνται τὸν μὲν σύρφακα τὸν ἄλλον ἐκ κηθαρίον λαγαριζόμενον καὶ τραγαλιζοντα τὸ μηδέν, σὲ μὲν ἡγοῦνται Κόννου ψῆφον, τούτοισι δὲ δωροφοροῦσιν ὑρ́χασ οἶνον δάπιδασ τυρὸν μέλι σήσαμα προσκεφάλαια φιάλασ χλανίδασ στεφάνουσ ὁρ́μουσ ἐκπώματα πλουθυγιείαν· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, antepirrheme16)
  • νεμόμεσθα δ’ ἐν κήποισ τὰ λευκὰ σήσαμα καὶ μύρτα καὶ μήκωνα καὶ σισύμβρια. (Aristophanes, Birds, Prologue 4:31)
  • κάρδαμα, σήσαμα, κήρυκεσ, ἅλεσ, πίνναι, λεπάδεσ, μύεσ, ὄστρεια, κτένεσ, ὄρκυνεσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 7 4:1)
  • πρῶτον μὲν λάβ’ ἐλθὼν σήσαμα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 69 1:6)
  • τραγήματα Κράτησ φησὶ Φιλιππίδην λέγειν ἐν Φιλαργύρῳ οὕτωσ ι πλακοῦντεσ, ἐπιδορπίσματ’, ᾠά, σήσαμα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 46 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. sesame

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

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