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συμπλοκή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: συμπλοκή

Structure: συμπλοκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: sumple/kw

Sense

  1. an intertwining, complication
  2. a close struggle or engagement

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative συμπλοκή συμπλοκᾱ́ συμπλοκαί
Genitive συμπλοκῆς συμπλοκαῖν συμπλοκῶν
Dative συμπλοκῇ συμπλοκαῖν συμπλοκαῖς
Accusative συμπλοκήν συμπλοκᾱ́ συμπλοκᾱ́ς
Vocative συμπλοκή συμπλοκᾱ́ συμπλοκαί

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

  • δ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν συμπλοκῶν, ἃσ ἐπέθεντο ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ Ἀσὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ, ἐξῇρεν ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 16:32)
  • διὸ καὶ γινομένων κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ἐπιθέσεων καὶ κατὰ μέροσ συμπλοκῶν, ταῖσ μὲν μάχαισ οἱ ξένοι ἐπροτέρουν, εἰργόμενοι δὲ τῆσ χώρασ ἐλείποντο ταῖσ παρασκευαῖσ καὶ τροφῆσ ἐσπάνιζον. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 73 3:2)
  • γενομένων δὲ πλειόνων συμπλοκῶν καὶ ἀκροβολισμῶν ὁτὲ μὲν οἱ Θηβαῖοι προετέρουν, ὁτὲ δ’ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι τὴν νίκην ἀπεφέροντο. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvi, chapter 7 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. an intertwining

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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