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τέμαχος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέμαχος τεμάχους

Structure: τεμαχο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: te/mnw

Sense

  1. slice of fish
  2. slice of any food (meat, cheese)

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τέμαχος τεμάχει τεμάχη
Genitive τεμάχους τεμάχοιν τεμαχέων
Dative τεμάχει τεμάχοιν τεμάχεσιν*
Accusative τέμαχος τεμάχει τεμάχη
Vocative τέμαχος τεμάχει τεμάχη

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

  • ὦ τερπνότατον σὺ τέμαχοσ ἀνθρώποισ φέρων, δόσ μοι προσειπεῖν, εἰ φέρεισ, τὰσ ἐγχέλεισ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode15)
  • νὴ Δί’ ἐξάγων γε τἀπόρρηθ’, ἅμ’ ἄρτον καὶ κρέασ καὶ τέμαχοσ, οὗ Περικλέησ οὐκ ἠξιώθη πώποτε. (Aristotle, Parodos, trochees30)
  • Ἀριστόδημοσ δ’ ἐν τοῖσ γελοίοισ ἀπομνημονεύμασιν Εὐφράνορά φησι τὸν ὀψοφάγον ἀκούσαντα ὅτι ἄλλοσ ἰχθυοφάγοσ ἀπέθανε θερμὸν ἰχθύοσ τέμαχοσ καταπιὼν ἀναφωνῆσαι · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 351)
  • κἂν τέμαχοσ ἐκκλίνῃσ τι, καὶ τοῦτ’ ἐστὶ σὸν ἑώσ ἂν ἔνδον ὦμεν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 27 1:6)
  • πίναξ ὁ πρῶτοσ τῶν μεγάλων ἡγήσεται ἔχων ἐχῖνον, ὠμοτάριχον, κάππαριν, θρυμματίδα, τέμαχοσ, βολβὸν ἐν ὑποτρίμματι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 10 3:3)
  • τουτὶ τέμαχόσ σοὔδωκεν ἡ Φοβεσιστράτη. (Aristotle, Episode25)

Synonyms

  1. slice of fish

  2. slice of any food

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