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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

  • εἰ οὖν ἥδεσθε ἐπὶ θρόνοισ καὶ σκήπτροισ, τύραννοι λαῶν, τιμήσατε σοφίαν, ἵνα εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα βασιλεύσητε. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 6:21)
  • οὐδ’ ὄμμ’ ἔδειξεν, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ σκήπτροισ ἔχων τὴν ἐλπίδ’, εὐλαβεῖτο μὴ σῴζειν φίλουσ. (Euripides, episode, anapests 1:37)
  • ἡμεῖσ δ’ ἀτίται σαρκὶ παλαιᾷ τῆσ τότ’ ἀρωγῆσ ὑπολειφθέντεσ μίμνομεν ἰσχὺν ἰσόπαιδα νέμοντεσ ἐπὶ σκήπτροισ. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 4:1)
  • Δαρδανικοῖσ γὰρ σκήπτροισ Αἰνεαδῶν πᾶσα νένευκε πόλισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1554)
  • εἰσὶ δὲ ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τε αἱ πηγαὶ καὶ ἀγάλματα ὀρθά, περιειλιγμένοι δέ εἰσιν αὐτῶν τοῖσ σκήπτροισ δράκοντεσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 39 5:2)

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