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σιπύη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σιπύη

Structure: σιπυ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: never sipu/a

Sense

  1. a meal-tub, meal-jar, flour bin

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σιπύη σιπύᾱ σιπύαι
Genitive σιπύης σιπύαιν σιπυῶν
Dative σιπύῃ σιπύαιν σιπύαις
Accusative σιπύην σιπύᾱ σιπύᾱς
Vocative σιπύη σιπύᾱ σιπύαι

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

  • ἡ μὲν σιπύη μεστή ’στι λευκῶν ἀλφίτων, οἱ δ’ ἀμφορῆσ οἴνου μέλανοσ ἀνθοσμίου. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode3)
  • φασὶ <μὲν> γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐρεπτόμενον τὰ τῶν ἐχόντων ἀνέρων οὐκ ἂν ἐξελθεῖν ἀπὸ τῆσ σιπύησ· (Aristotle, Parabasis, antistrophe2)
  • οὔτι πενιχρὴ μῦσ σιπύη βόσκειν οἶδε Λεωνίδεω. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3022)

Synonyms

  1. a meal-tub

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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