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σπινθήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπινθήρ σπινθῆρος

Structure: σπινθηρ (Stem)

Sense

  1. a spark

Declension

Third 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

  • ἢ νεοκτίστουσ θυμοῦ πλήρεισ θῆρασ ἀγνώστουσ ἤτοι πυρπνόον φυσῶντασ ἆσθμα ἢ βρόμουσ λικμωμένουσ καπνοῦ ἢ δεινοὺσ ἀπ̓ ὀμμάτων σπινθῆρασ ἀστράπτοντασ, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 11:18)
  • ὀφθαλμοὺσ σπινθῆρασ ἔχεισ, θεόμορφε Λυκῖνε, μᾶλλον δ’ ἀκτῖνασ, δέσποτα, πυρσοβόλουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1961)
  • ταῦτα δὲ ὑφ̓ ἡμῶν ὁρᾶσθαι συνεστραμμένα, καθάπερ ἐν αὐγῇ λαμπρᾷ φλογὸσ σπινθῆρασ ἰσχυροὺσ διαθέοντασ, ἰδίαν δὲ κίνησιν ἔχειν καθ̓ αὑτά. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 77:2)
  • συνεχῶσ δὲ ἀστράπτοντα ἐπὶ πολέμῳ καὶ φθορᾷ πλήθουσ ἢ ὄμβρων ὑπερβολὴν ἢ χαλάζησ ἢ χιόνοσ, ἢ τανύοντα κυανῆν ἶριν, τοῦ πολέμου ξύμβολον, ἢ ἀστέρα πέμποντα ξυνεχεῖσ σπινθῆρασ ἀποβάλλοντα, δεινὸν τέρασ ναύταισ , ἢ ἐπιπέμποντα ἔριν ἀργαλέαν Ἕλλησι καὶ βαρβάροισ, ὥστε ἔρωτα ἐμβάλλειν πολέμου καὶ μάχησ ἄπαυστον κάμνουσιν ἀνθρώποισ καὶ ἀπειρηκόσιν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 100:2)
  • τούσ τε διᾴττοντασ οἱο͂ν σπινθῆρασ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀέροσ ἀποπάλλεσθαι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. g'. ANACAGORAS 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. a spark

Related

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

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