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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σήσαμον σησάμω σήσαμα
Genitive σησάμου σησάμοιν σησάμων
Dative σησάμῳ σησάμοιν σησάμοις
Accusative σήσαμον σησάμω σήσαμα
Vocative σήσαμον σησάμω σήσαμα

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

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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