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σμῆγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: σμῆγμα σμῆγματος

Structure: σμηγματ (Stem)

Etym.: smh/xw

Sense

  1. soap or unguent

Declension

Third 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 καταστήσει ὁ βασιλεὺσ κωμάρχασ ἐν πάσαισ ταῖσ χώραισ τῆσ βασιλείασ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπιλεξάτωσαν κοράσια παρθενικὰ καλὰ τῷ εἴδει εἰσ Σοῦσαν τὴν πόλιν εἰσ τὸν γυναικῶνα. καὶ παραδοθήτωσαν τῷ εὐνούχῳ τοῦ βασιλέωσ τῷ φύλακι τῶν γυναικῶν, καὶ δοθήτω σμῆγμα καὶ ἡ λοιπὴ ἐπιμέλεια. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 2:3)
  • καὶ ἤρεσεν αὐτῷ τὸ κοράσιον καὶ εὗρε χάριν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἔσπευσε δοῦναι αὐτῇ τὸ σμῆγμα καὶ τὴν μερίδα καὶ τὰ ἑπτὰ κοράσια τὰ ὑποδεδειγμένα αὐτῇ ἐκ βασιλικοῦ καὶ ἐχρήσατο αὐτῇ καλῶσ καὶ ταῖσ ἅβραισ αὐτῆσ ἐν τῷ γυναικῶνι. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 2:9)
  • πολλῶν δὲ γενομένων ἐν τῇ πόλει τότε πλημμελημάτων καὶ παρανομημάτων ἐκεῖνο μάλιστα λέγεται λυπῆσαι τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ, ὅτι διακόσια καὶ πεντήκοντα τάλαντα πορίσαι ταχὺ καὶ δοῦναι προσταχθὲν αὐτοῖσ καὶ τῆσ εἰσπράξεωσ συντόνου καὶ ἀπαραιτήτου γενομένησ, ἰδὼν ἠθροισμένον τὸ ἀργύριον ἐκέλευσε Λαμίᾳ καὶ ταῖσ περὶ αὐτὴν ἑταίραισ εἰσ σμῆγμα δοθῆναι. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 27 1:1)
  • ἐφ’ ἅπασι δὲ στάχυσ Ἰνδικὸσ, σμῆγμα καὶ οὗτοσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 9:14)

Synonyms

  1. soap or unguent

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

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