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σπάρτον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπάρτον σπάρτου

Structure: σπαρτ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. a rope, cable
  2. a rope made from broom

Declension

Second 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

  • τοῦτο δ’ ἐστὶ μέγα καὶ ἄνυδρον, τὴν σχοινοπλοκικὴν φύον σπάρτον ἐξαγωγὴν ἔχουσαν εἰσ πάντα τόπον καὶ μάλιστα εἰσ τὴν Ἰταλίαν. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 4 18:9)
  • ᾘόνιον τόδε σῶμα βροτοῦ παντλήμονοσ ἄθρει σπαρτόν, ἁλιρραγέων ἐκχύμενον σκοπέλων τῇ μὲν ἐρημοκόμησ κεῖται καὶ χῆροσ ὀδόντων κόρση· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3831)
  • μετὰ γὰρ τὸν ἐπὶ Δευκαλίωνοσ κατακλυσμὸν Κάδμου κτίσαντοσ τὴν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ προσαγορευθεῖσαν Καδμείαν συνῆλθεν ἐπ’ αὐτὴν λαὸσ ὃν τινὲσ μὲν Σπαρτὸν προσηγόρευσαν διὰ τὸ πανταχόθεν συναχθῆναι, τινὲσ δὲ Θηβαγενῆ διὰ τὸ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐκ τῆσ προειρημένησ πόλεωσ ὄντα διὰ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν ἐκπεσεῖν καὶ διασπαρῆναι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 53 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. a rope

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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