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στεῖρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: στεῖρα στείρας

Structure: στειρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: from stei=ros

Sense

  1. a cow that has not calved
  2. a barren woman

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

  • οἱ ἰατροὶ στεῖραι γίνεσθαι παρὰ τὴν μήτραν ἢ παρὰ τὸ πυκνοτέραν εἶναι ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀραιοτέραν ἢ παρὰ τὸ σκληροτέραν ἢ παρά τινασ ἐπιπωρώσεισ ἢ σαρκώσεισ ἢ παρὰ μικροθυμίαν ἢ παρ’ ἀτροφίαν ἢ παρὰ καχεξίαν ἢ παρὰ τὸ διαστρέφεσθαι τὸν σχηματισμὸν ἢ διὰ παρασπασμόν. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 2:1)
  • ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷσ ἐροῦσιν Μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι καὶ αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν. (, chapter 14 449:1)

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