τέφρᾱ
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
τέφρᾱ
τέφρας
Structure:
τεφρ
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- ashes, as of the funeral pire.
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.
- οὗ σβεσθέντοσ τέφρα ἀποβήσεται τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα διαχυθήσεται ὡσ χαῦνοσ ἀήρ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 2:3)
- ὡσ γὰρ ἡ κρόκη τὸ ὀστέον πρίει τέφρᾳ καὶ ὄξει διάβροχον γενόμενον, καὶ τὸν ἐλέφαντα τῷ ζύθει μαλακὸν γενόμενον καὶ χαλῶντα κάμπτουσι καὶ διασχηματίζουσιν, ἄλλωσ δ’ οὐ δύνανται, οὕτωσ ἡ τύχη τὸ πεπονθὸσ ἐξ αὑτοῦ καὶ μαλακὸν ἐκ κακίασ προσπεσοῦσα κοιλαίνει καὶ τιτρώσκει. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 44)
- ὡσ γὰρ ἡ κρόκη τὸ ὀστέον πρίει τέφρᾳ καὶ ὄξει διάβροχον γενόμενον, καὶ τὸν ἐλέφαντα τῷ ζύθει μαλακὸν γενόμενον καὶ χαλῶντα κάμπτουσι καὶ διασχηματίζουσιν, ἄλλωσ δ’ οὐ δύνανται· (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 4 2:1)
- τί δ’ ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενόσ σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτοσ εἶναι; (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, antepirrheme 1:17)
- ἐξικμασθέντοσ δὲ τούτου, τὸ στερεὸν καὶ ξηρὸν ἀπολείπεται τέφρα γενόμενον. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 21 4:2)
