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σπιθαμή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπιθαμή

Structure: σπιθαμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. the space one can span with the thumb and little finger, a span, inches

Declension

First 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

  • οἰακίζων τὸν κόσμον ἐν σπιθαμῇ χειρὸσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντα ὑπακούει τῷ θελήματι αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸσ γὰρ βασιλεὺσ πάντων ἐν κράτει αὐτοῦ, διαστέλλων ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἅγια ἀπὸ βεβήλων]. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:3)
  • Τί ἐμέτρησε τῇ χειρὶ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν σπιθαμῇ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν δρακί̣ τίσ ἔστησε τὰ ὄρη σταθμῷ καὶ τὰσ νάπασ ζυγῷ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 40:12)
  • οἱ δὲ πλεῖστοι τῶν συγγραφέων ὁμολογοῦσι τὸν Πῶρον ὑπεραίροντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν σπιθαμῇ τὸ μῆκοσ ἱππότου μηδὲν ἀποδεῖν πρὸσ τὸν ἐλέφαντα συμμετρίᾳ διὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ καὶ τὸν ὄγκον τοῦ σώματοσ· (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 60 6:1)

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

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