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τερπωλή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τερπωλή

Structure: τερπωλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: poetic for te/ryis, Od., Theogn.

Sense

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

  • καὶ μὴν καὶ ταῦτα, ὦ Μένιππε, καλῶσ εἶχε λέγειν ἐοίκε γὰρ οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν τερπωλήν σοι παρεσχῆσθαι. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 16:5)
  • πλὴν ἔμοιγε οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν τερπωλὴν παρέσχον τότε στένοντεσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 14:1)
  • ῥεῖά κεν ὄψεαι ἐσσομένων, ὄντων ἠδὲ παροιχομένων, τερπωλὴν τ’ ἀνίην τε καπνοῦ μηδὲν ἀρειοτέρην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 23 1:1)
  • τερπωλὴν ἀκόρητον ἐν ἀστεϊ θῆκεν Ὁμήρου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 672 1:1)
  • "ὦ φίλοι, οὐ μέν πώ τι πάροσ τοιοῦτον ἐτύχθη, οἱήν τερπωλὴν θεὸσ ἤγαγεν ἐσ τόδε δῶμα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 5:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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