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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

  • ὥσπερ σκυτοτόμοσ τέμνει που τομεῖ καὶ σμίλῃ καὶ ἄλλοισ ὀργάνοισ. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 160:6)
  • μαχαίρᾳ ἂν ἀμπέλου κλῆμα ἀποτέμοισ καὶ σμίλῃ καὶ ἄλλοισ πολλοῖσ; (Plato, Republic, book 1 597:2)

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.

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