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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

  • καὶ διεπέρασεν ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ πρότεροσ καὶ πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ, καὶ συνετρίβησαν πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ ἔρριψαν τὰ ὅπλα αὐτῶν καὶ ἔφυγον εἰσ τὸ τέμενοσ ἐν Καρναί̈ν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 5:43)
  • καὶ προκατελάβοντο τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸ τέμενοσ ἐνεπύρισαν ἐν πυρὶ σὺν πᾶσι τοῖσ ἐν αὐτῷ. καὶ ἐτροπώθη ἡ Καρναί̈ν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδύναντο ἔτι ὑποστῆναι κατὰ πρόσωπον Ἰούδα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 5:44)
  • καὶ ἐπυνθάνετο διὰ τίνα αἰτίαν εἰσερχόμενον αὐτὸν εἰσ πᾶν τέμενοσ οὐθεὶσ ἐκώλυσε τῶν παρόντων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:13)
  • "ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν Πρωτεὺσ Κυνικῶν ὄχ’ ἄριστοσ ἁπάντων Ζηνὸσ ἐριγδούπου τέμενοσ κάτα πῦρ ἀνακαύσασ ἐσ φλόγα πηδήσασ ἔλθῃ ἐσ μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον, δὴ τότε πάντασ ὁμῶσ, οἳ ἀρούρησ καρπὸν ἔδουσιν, νυκτιπόλον τιμᾶν κέλομαι ἡρ́ωα μέγιστον σύνθρονον Ἡφαίστῳ καὶ Ἡρακλῆϊ ἄνακτι. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:91)
  • παρθενίᾳ γὰρ ἔτι ψυχᾷ κίον ἐσ τέμενοσ πορφυροζώνοιο θεᾶσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. a piece of ground cut or marked off

  2. a sacred inclosure

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