Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σπήλαιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπήλαιον σπήλαιου

Structure: σπηλαι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: spe/os

Sense

  1. a grotto, cave, cavern

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σπήλαιον σπηλαίω σπήλαια
Genitive σπηλαίου σπηλαίοιν σπηλαίων
Dative σπηλαίῳ σπηλαίοιν σπηλαίοις
Accusative σπήλαιον σπηλαίω σπήλαια
Vocative σπήλαιον σπηλαίω σπήλαια

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 ἴσχυσε χεὶρ Μαδιὰμ ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ. καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖσ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ προσώπου Μαδιὰμ τὰσ τρυμαλιὰσ τὰσ ἐν τοῖσ ὄρεσι καὶ τὰ σπήλαια καὶ τὰ κρεμαστά. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 6:2)
  • ἕτεροι δὲ πλησίον συνδραμόντεσ εἰσ τὰ σπήλαια λεληθότωσ ἄγειν τὴν ἑβδομάδα, μηνυθέντεσ τῷ Φιλίππῳ συνεφλογίσθησαν διὰ τὸ εὐλαβῶσ ἔχειν βοηθῆσαι ἑαυτοῖσ κατὰ τὴν δόξαν τῆσ σεμνοτάτησ ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:11)
  • ὦ ὁ ποτίζων τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἀνατροπῇ θολερᾷ καὶ μεθύσκων, ὅπωσ ἐπιβλέπῃ ἐπὶ τὰ σπήλαια αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 2:15)
  • εἰσενέγκαντεσ εἰσ τὰ σπήλαια καὶ εἰσ τὰσ σχισμὰσ τῶν πετρῶν καὶ εἰσ τὰσ τρώγλασ τῆσ γῆσ ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου Κυρίου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆσ δόξησ τῆσ ἰσχύοσ αὐτοῦ, ὅταν ἀναστῇ θραῦσαι τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 2:19)
  • καὶ ἐλεύσονται πάντεσ καὶ ἀναπαύσονται ἐν ταῖσ φάραγξι τῆσ χώρασ καὶ ἐν ταῖσ τρώγλαισ τῶν πετρῶν καὶ εἰσ τὰ σπήλαια καὶ εἰσ πᾶσαν ραγάδα καὶ ἐν παντὶ ξύλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 7:19)

Synonyms

  1. a grotto

Related

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