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σήσαμον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: σήσαμον σησάμου

Structure: σησαμ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. sesame

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

  • 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: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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