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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σησάμη σησάμᾱ σησάμαι
Genitive σησάμης σησάμαιν σησαμῶν
Dative σησάμῃ σησάμαιν σησάμαις
Accusative σησάμην σησάμᾱ σησάμᾱς
Vocative σησάμη σησάμᾱ σησάμαι

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

  • σησαμίδεσ ἐκ μέλιτοσ καὶ σησάμων πεφρυγμένων καὶ ἐλαίου σφαιροειδῆ πέμματα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 56 1:4)
  • ἀρρηφόροισ γίνεται, ἐστὶ δὲ καὶ ὁ πυραμοῦσ ἄρτοσ διὰ σησάμων πεττόμενοσ καὶ τάχα ὁ αὐτὸσ τῷ σησαμίτῃ ὤν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 80 4:1)
  • χρέωνται δὲ οὐδὲν ἐλαίῳ ἀλλ’ ἢ ἐκ τῶν σησάμων ποιεῦντεσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 193 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. sesame

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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