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σκῆπτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκῆπτρον σκήπτρου

Structure: σκηπτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: skh/ptw

Sense

  1. a staff, stick to lean on, used by lame or aged persons
  2. a staff, baton, especially as the badge of command, sceptre
  3. royalty, kingly power, rule

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

  • οὔκουν ποτ’ ἐκ τούτοιν γε μὴ σκήπτροιν ἔτι ὁδοιπορήσῃσ· (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 3:1)

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