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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

  • κεῖνο δὲ δὴ σκέπτοιο, τό κεν καὶ ἰουλίδα μάργον πολλὸν ἀποτροπόῳτο καὶ ἰοβόλον σκολόπενδραν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 70 1:4)
  • 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)
  • Μυριόπουν σκολόπενδραν ὑπ’ Ὠρίωνι κυκηθεὶσ πόντοσ Ιἀπύγων ἔβρασ1’ ἐπὶ σκοπέλουσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2221)

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