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σκίλλα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκίλλα σκίλλης

Structure: σκιλλ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. a squill, sea-onion

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σκίλλα σκίλλᾱ σκίλλαι
Genitive σκίλλης σκίλλαιν σκιλλῶν
Dative σκίλλῃ σκίλλαιν σκίλλαις
Accusative σκίλλαν σκίλλᾱ σκίλλᾱς
Vocative σκίλλα σκίλλᾱ σκίλλαι

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

  • "οἱ δὲ παίδων δεόμενοι μᾶλλον ἢ γυναικῶν, ὥσπερ οἱ τέττιγεσ εἰσ σκίλλαν ἤ τι τοιοῦτο τὴν γονὴν ἀφιᾶσιν, οὕτω διὰ τάχουσ οἷσ ἔτυχε σώμασιν ἐναπογεννήσαντεσ καὶ καρπὸν ἀράμενοι χαίρειν ἐῶσιν ἤδη τὸν γάμον, ἢ μένοντοσ οὐ φροντίζουσιν οὐδ’ ἀξιοῦσιν ἐρᾶν οὐδ’ ἐρᾶσθαι. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 2118)
  • τὴν γὰρ σκίλλαν ἔστιν ὅτε καὶ σχῖνον ὀνομάζουσι. (Plutarch, , chapter 3 2:4)
  • ‐‐ Καὶ στέαρ χηνὸσ, καὶ συὸσ νέον, καὶ σκίλλαν, καὶ ἔλαιον ὀλίγον. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 21.2)
  • ‐‐ Ἢ σκίλλαν, ἔλαιον λευκὸν, Ῥητίνησ ὀλίγον. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 21.4)

Synonyms

  1. a squill

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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