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σπονδαρχία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπονδαρχία

Structure: σπονδαρχι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from spo/ndarxos

Sense

  1. the beginning of the libation, the right of beginning it

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

  • ἢν θυσίη τισ δημοτελὴσ ποιέηται, πρώτουσ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἵζειν τοὺσ βασιλέασ, καὶ ἀπὸ τούτων πρῶτον ἄρχεσθαι διπλήσια νέμοντασ ἑκατέρῳ τὰ πάντα ἢ τοῖσι ἄλλοισι δαιτυμόνεσι, καὶ σπονδαρχίασ εἶναι τούτων καὶ τῶν τυθέντων τὰ δέρματα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 57 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. the beginning of the libation

Similar forms

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

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