Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σύρμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σύρμα σύρματος

Structure: συρματ (Stem)

Etym.: su/rw

Sense

  1. anything trailed or dragged
  2. a theatric robe with a long train, syrma, a long
  3. sweepings, refuse, litter

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

  • θριπὸσ ἐγὼ καὶ σύρμα τερηδόνοσ εἴθε γενοίμην, ὡσ ἀναπηδήσασ τὰ ξύλα ταῦτα φάγω. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1902)
  • ἑξήκοντα τελεῖ Χαριτὼ λυκαβαντίδασ ὡρ́ασ, ἀλλ’ ἔτι κυανέων σύρμα μένει πλοκάμων, κἠν στέρνοισ ἔτι κεῖνα τὰ λύγδινα κώνια μαστῶν ἕστηκεν, μίτρησ γυμνὰ περιδρομάδοσ, καὶ χρὼσ ἀρρυτίδωτοσ ἔτ’ ἀμβροσίην, ἔτι πειθὼ πᾶσαν, ἔτι στάζει μυριάδασ χαρίτων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 131)
  • " ἔσται χρόνοσ τάχα, ἐν ᾧ οἱ τραγῳδοὶ οἰήσονται ἑαυτοὺσ εἶναι προσωπεῖα καὶ ἐμβάδασ καὶ τὸ σύρμα. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 41:1)
  • ἰδών ποτε νεανίσκον ἄσωτον, "ἰδού," ἔφη, "τετράγωνοσ Ἑρμῆσ ἔχων σύρμα, κοιλίαν, αἰδοῖον, πώγωνα. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. e'. DHMHTRIOS 8:6)
  • καλεῖται δὲ ὁ σύμπασ οὗτοσ <τόποσ> Σῦρμα Ἀντιγόνησ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 25 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. anything trailed or dragged

  2. sweepings

Related

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

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