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σμινύη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σμινύη

Structure: σμινυ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

a two-pronged hoe or mattock

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	σμινύη	σμινύᾱ	σμινύαι
Genitive	σμινύης	σμινύαιν	σμινυῶν
Dative	σμινύῃ	σμινύαιν	σμινύαις
Accusative	σμινύην	σμινύᾱ	σμινύᾱς
Vocative	σμινύη	σμινύᾱ	σμινύαι

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

δεῦρο δεῦρ’ ὦ Ξανθία, κλίμακα λαβὼν ἔξελθε καὶ σμινύην φέρων, κἄπειτ’ ἐπαναβὰσ ἐπὶ τὸ φροντιστήριον τὸ τέγοσ κατάσκαπτ’, εἰ φιλεῖσ τὸν δεσπότην, ἑώσ ἂν αὐτοῖσ ἐμβάλῃσ τὴν οἰκίαν· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Episode 1:6)
πωλῶ γαῦλον, κτῶμαι σμινύην, καὶ τὰσ ὑδρίασ ἀνορύττω. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme 1:12)
ἔχειν δὲ χρὴ καὶ ἄμην καὶ σμινύην κατὰ ἅμαξαν ἑκάστην, καὶ κατὰ τὸν νωτοφόρον δὲ ἀξίνην καὶ δρέπανον· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 43:4)
τούτων δὲ χρὴ τοὺσ μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀκοντιστῶν πέλεκυν ἔχοντασ ξυλοκόπον ἀναγκάζειν στρατεύεσθαι, τοὺσ δ’ ἀπὸ τῶν τοξοτῶν σμινύην, τοὺσ δ’ ἀπὸ τῶν σφενδονητῶν ἄμην· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 45:2)
ὁ γὰρ γεωργόσ, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, οὐκ αὐτὸσ ποιήσεται ἑαυτῷ τὸ ἄροτρον, εἰ μέλλει καλὸν εἶναι, οὐδὲ σμινύην, οὐδὲ τἆλλα ὄργανα ὅσα περὶ γεωργίαν. (Plato, Republic, book 2 154:2)

Synonyms

a two-pronged hoe or mattock
- δίκελλα (a mattock, a two-pronged hoe)
- τρίναξ (a trident or three-pronged mattock)

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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σμινύη

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a two-pronged hoe or mattock

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a two-pronged hoe or mattock

Similar forms

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