Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σμῖλα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σμῖλα

Structure: σμιλ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: = smi/lh, Anth.

Sense

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σμῖλα σμίλᾱ σμίλαι
Genitive σμίλης σμίλαιν σμιλῶν
Dative σμίλῃ σμίλαιν σμίλαις
Accusative σμίλαν σμίλᾱ σμίλᾱς
Vocative σμίλα σμίλᾱ σμίλαι

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

  • σὺ δ’ οἰεί θεραπεύσειν τὴν ἀπαιδευσίαν καὶ ἐπικαλύψειν τῇ δόξῃ ταύτῃ καὶ ἐκπλήξειν τῷ πλήθει τῶν βιβλίων, οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὅτι καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνουσ νάρθηκασ καὶ σικύασ ἀργυρᾶσ ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλασ χρυσοκολλήτουσ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 29:1)

Derived

  • σμίλη (A tool for cutting or carving: knife, chisel)

Similar forms

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION