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τέμενος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέμενος τεμένους

Structure: τεμενο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: te/mnw III. 2

Sense

  1. a piece of ground cut or marked off
  2. a sacred inclosure

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

  • Τὰ γοῦν μέγιστα τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων καὶ ἀνοσιώτατα τὸ θεῖόν ἐστι τὸ καθαῖρον καὶ ἁγνίζον καὶ Ῥύμμα γινόμενον ἡμῖν, αὐτοί τε ὁρ́ουσ τοῖσι θεοῖσι τῶν ἱερῶν καὶ τῶν τεμενέων ἀποδεικνύμενοι, ὡσ ἂν μηδεὶσ ὑπερβαίνῃ ἢν μὴ ἁγνεύῃ, εἰσιόντεσ τε ἡμεῖσ περιῤῬαινόμεθα οὐχ ὡσ μιαινόμενοι, ἀλλ’ εἴ τι καὶ πρότερον ἔχομεν μύσοσ, τοῦτο ἀφαγνιούμενοι. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 1.27)

Synonyms

  1. a piece of ground cut or marked off

  2. a sacred inclosure

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