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σίσυρνα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σίσυρνα

Structure: σισυρν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: = sisu/ra

Sense

  1. a garment of skin

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σίσυρνα σισύρνᾱ σίσυρναι
Genitive σισύρνης σισύρναιν σισυρνῶν
Dative σισύρνῃ σισύρναιν σισύρναις
Accusative σίσυρναν σισύρνᾱ σισύρνᾱς
Vocative σίσυρνα σισύρνᾱ σίσυρναι

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

  • ἐν δὲ ταύτῃ ἐνύδριεσ ἁλίσκονται καὶ κάστορεσ καὶ ἄλλα θηρία τετραγωνοπρόσωπα, τῶν τὰ δέρματα παρὰ τὰσ σισύρνασ παραρράπτεται, καὶ οἱ ὄρχιεσ αὐτοῖσι εἰσὶ χρήσιμοι ἐσ ὑστερέων ἄκεσιν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 109 2:3)
  • Κάσπιοι δὲ σισύρνασ τε ἐνδεδυκότεσ καὶ τόξα ἐπιχώρια καλάμινα ἔχοντεσ καὶ ἀκινάκασ ἐστρατεύοντο. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 67 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a garment of skin

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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