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σκολόπενδρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκολόπενδρα σκολοπένδρας

Structure: σκολοπενδρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. millipede
  2. the sea scolopendra, an animal from the genus Nereis

Declension

First 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

  • ἀρετῆσ περιβαλόμενοι διεβίωσαν κακίᾳ λανθανούσῃ, τούτουσ ἐπιπόνωσ καὶ , ὀδυνηρῶσ ἠνάγκαζον ἕτεροι περιεστῶτεσ ἐκτρέπεσθαι τὰ ἐντὸσ ἔξω τῆσ ψυχῆσ, ἰλυσπωμένουσ παρὰ φύσιν καὶ ἀνακαμπτομένουσ, ὥσπερ αἱ θαλάττιαι σκολόπενδραι καταπιοῦσαι τὸ ἄγκιστρον ἐκτρέπουσιν ἑαυτάσ· (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 22 58:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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