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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

  • Ἀνέβη δὲ Λὼτ ἐκ Σηγὼρ καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῷ ὄρει αὐτὸσ καὶ αἱ δύο θυγατέρεσ αὐτοῦ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ. ἐφοβήθη γὰρ κατοικῆσαι ἐν Σηγώρ. καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ, αὐτὸσ καὶ αἱ δύο θυγατέρεσ αὐτοῦ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:30)
  • καὶ ἔστη ὁ ἀγρὸσ Ἐφρών, ὃσ ἦν ἐν τῷ διπλῷ σπηλαίῳ, ὅσ ἐστι κατὰ πρόσωπον Μαμβρῆ, ὁ ἀγρὸσ καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον, ὃ ἦν ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ πᾶν δένδρον, ὃ ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, καὶ πᾶν ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖσ ὁρίοισ αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:17)
  • μετὰ ταῦτα ἔθαψεν Ἁβραὰμ Σάρραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ τοῦ ἀγροῦ τῷ διπλῷ, ὅ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι Μαμβρῆ αὑ̔́τη ἐστὶ Χεβρών̓ ἐν τῇ γῇ Χαναάν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:19)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖσ. ἐγὼ προστίθεμαι πρὸσ τὸν ἐμὸν λαόν. θάψατέ με μετὰ τῶν πατέρων μου ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ, ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ Ἐφρὼν τοῦ Χετταίου, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:29)
  • ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ τῷ διπλῷ, τῷ ἀπέναντι Μαμβρῆ, ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, ὃ ἐκτήσατο Ἁβραὰμ τὸ σπήλαιον παρὰ Ἐφρὼν τοῦ Χετταίου ἐν κτήσει μνημείου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:30)

Synonyms

  1. a grotto

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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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