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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

  • ἐν κτήσει τοῦ ἀγροῦ καὶ τοῦ σπηλαίου τοῦ ὄντοσ ἐν αὐτῷ παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:32)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦσ. κυλίσατε λίθουσ ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ σπηλαίου καὶ καταστήσατε ἄνδρασ φυλάσσειν ἐπ’ αὐτούσ, (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 10:17)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦσ. ἀνοίξατε τὸ σπήλαιον καὶ ἐξαγάγετε τοὺσ πέντε βασιλεῖσ τούτουσ ἐκ τοῦ σπηλαίου. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 10:21)
  • καὶ ἐξηγάγοσαν τοὺσ πέντε βασιλεῖσ ἐκ τοῦ σπηλαίου, τὸν βασιλέα Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Χεβρὼν καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Ἱεριμοὺθ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Λαχὶσ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Ὀδολλάμ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 10:22)
  • καὶ ἦλθεν εἰσ τὰσ ἀγέλασ τῶν ποιμνίων τὰσ ἐπὶ τῆσ ὁδοῦ, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ σπήλαιον, καὶ Σαοὺλ εἰσῆλθε παρασκευάσασθαι. καὶ Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρεσ αὐτοῦ ἐσώτερον τοῦ σπηλαίου ἐκάθηντο. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 24:4)

Synonyms

  1. a grotto

Related

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

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