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τέφρᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέφρᾱ τέφρας

Structure: τεφρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. 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.

Examples

  • ὧν μὲν γὰρ ἐσύλησε τὴν ἰσχὺν ὁ περὶ Λεῦκτρα κίνδυνοσ, ὁ δὲ πρότερον ἀπείρατοσ ὢν πολεμίασ σάλπιγγοσ Εὐρώτασ Βοιωτοὺσ ἐν τῇ Λακωνικῇ στρατοπεδεύοντασ εἶδεν ἀπέκειρε γὰρ τὴν ἀκμὴν τῆσ Σπάρτησ ὁ Θηβαῖοσ, καὶ τοὺσ ὁρ́ουσ τῆσ Λακωνικῆσ τεθειμένουσ, τὴν ἀκμὴν τῶν νέων, συνέκλεισε ταῖσ τέφραισ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 12:1)

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