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σταφίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σταφίς σταφίδος

Structure: σταφιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = a)stafi/s, Theocr.

Sense

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

  • ἀπὸ οἴνου καὶ σίκερα ἁγνισθήσεται καὶ ὄξοσ ἐξ οἴνου καὶ ὄξοσ ἐκ σίκερα οὐ πίεται καὶ ὅσα κατεργάζεται ἐκ σταφυλῆσ οὐ πίεται καὶ σταφυλὴν πρόσφατον καὶ σταφίδα οὐ φάγεται. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 6:3)
  • εἰσ σταφίδα εἴ με νέην ἔλαβεσ, τάχα μου πίεσ ἐκχυθὲν αἷμα νῦν δ’ ὅτε γηραλέην μ’ ἐξετέλεσσε χρόνοσ, ἔσθιε τὴν ῥυσαινομένην, ὑγρὸν οὐδὲν ἔχουσαν, ὀστέα συνθραύων σαρκὶ σὺν ἡμετέρῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1031)
  • αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ Μᾶλλον ποτὲ μὲν συγκριτικῶσ ἐκφέρεται, ὡσ ὅταν φῶμεν μᾶλλον τὸ μέλι γλυκὺ ἢ τὴν σταφίδα· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 15:4)

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

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