Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σύλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σύλη

Structure: συλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. the right of seizing the ship or cargo, the right of seizure, right of reprisal, right of seizure, this right

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

  • ἐὰν δὲ μὴ εἰσβάλωσι, μείναντεσ ἐπὶ κυνὶ ἡμέρασ δέκα ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ, ἐξελόμενοι ὅπου ἂν μὴ σῦλαι ὦσιν Ἀθηναίοισ, καὶ ἐντεῦθεν καταπλεύσαντεσ Ἀθήναζε τοὺσ τόκουσ ἀποδόντων τοὺσ πέρυσι γραφέντασ εἰσ τὴν συγγραφήν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 16:1)

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

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