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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

  • ὀρίνδου δ’ ἄρτου μέμνηται Σοφοκλῆσ ἐν Τριπτολέμῳ ἤτοι τοῦ ἐξ ὀρύζησ γινομένου ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐν Αἰθιοπίᾳ γιγνομένου σπέρματοσ, ὅ ἐστιν ὅμοιον σησάμῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 75 3:3)
  • Καλλικράτη καὶ Μυρμηκίδην λέγονται δημιουργεῖν ἁρ́ματα μυίασ πτεροῖσ καλυπτόμενα καὶ διατορεύειν ἐν σησάμῳ γράμμασιν ἔπη τῶν Ὁμήρου· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 44 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. sesame

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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