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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

  • καὶ ἐξελεξάμην τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρόσ σου ἐκ πάντων τῶν σκήπτρων Ἰσραὴλ ἐμοὶ ἱερατεύειν καὶ ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ θυσιαστήριόν μου καὶ θυμιᾶν θυμίαμα καὶ αἴρειν ἐφοὺδ καὶ ἔδωκα τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρόσ σου τὰ πάντα τοῦ πυρὸσ υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἰσ βρῶσιν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:28)
  • προέκρινα αὐτὴν σκήπτρων καὶ θρόνων καὶ πλοῦτον οὐδὲν ἡγησάμην ἐν συγκρίσει αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:8)
  • ἔρρει φῶσ σκήπτρων, οἴμοι, πατρῴων οἴκων. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, anapests 2:3)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἂν ξυμβαῖμεν ἄλλωσ ἢ ’πὶ τοῖσ εἰρημένοισ, ὥστ’ ἐμὲ σκήπτρων κρατοῦντα τῆσδ’ ἄνακτ’ εἶναι χθονόσ· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, trochees2)
  • νῦν πόλεωσ ὑπερμαχεῖσ, νῦν καλλίνικοσ γενόμενοσ σκήπτρων κρατεῖσ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 15:7)

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