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τεῖχος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τεῖχος τείχους

Structure: τειχο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. mound, earth works
  2. wall (especially one enclosing a town or city)
  3. fortified city
  4. fortification, castle

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

  • ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ὡσ ἤκουσε Σαναβαλλὰτ καὶ Τωβία καὶ οἱ Ἄραβεσ καὶ οἱ Ἀμμανῖται ὅτι ἀνέβη ἡ φυὴ τοῖσ τείχεσιν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὅτι ἤρξαντο αἱ διασφαγαὶ ἀναφράσσεσθαι, καὶ πονηρὸν αὐτοῖσ ἐφάνη σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 4:1)
  • καὶ κα θεῖλον τὸ βδέλυγμα, ὃ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ τὸ ἁγίασμα καθὼσ τὸ πρότερον ἐκύκλωσαν τείχεσιν ὑψηλοῖσ καὶ τὴν Βαιθσούραν πόλιν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:7)
  • καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν εἰσ Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν πόλεισ ὀχυρὰσ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, τὸ ὀχύρωμα τὸ ἐν Ἱεριχὼ καὶ τὴν Ἀμμαοὺσ καὶ τὴν Βαιθωρὼν καὶ τὴν Βαιθὴλ καὶ τὴν Θαμναθὰ Φαραθωνὶ καὶ τὴν Τεφὼν ἐν τείχεσιν ὑψηλοῖσ καὶ πύλαισ καὶ μοχλοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 9:50)
  • κἂν πρὸσ Ἄργοσ ἐκφύγω, ἐλθόντεσ αὐτοῖσ τείχεσιν Κυκλωπίοισ συναρπάσουσι καὶ κατασκάψουσι γῆν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 4:26)
  • ὄνομα δ’ ἑκάστου διατριβὴ πολλὴ λέγειν, ἐχθρῶν ὑπ’ αὐτοῖσ τείχεσιν καθημένων. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 1:18)

Synonyms

  1. mound

  2. wall

  3. fortified city

  4. fortification

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