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τρικῡμίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρικῡμίᾱ τρικῡμίᾱς

Structure: τρικῡμι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: ku=ma

Sense

  1. a group of three waves, trifluctuation
  2. a mighty wave or swell

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 καταικιζόμενοσ ταῖσ τοῦ τυράννου ἀπειλαῖσ καὶ καταντλούμενοσ ταῖσ τῶν βασάνων τρικυμίαισ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:2)
  • σὺ δ’ αὖ, τὸ σόν, παράσχεσ Αἴγαιον πόρον τρικυμίαισ βρέμοντα καὶ δίναισ ἁλόσ, πλῆσον δὲ νεκρῶν κοῖλον Εὐβοίασ μυχόν, ὡσ ἂν τὸ λοιπὸν τἄμ’ ἀνάκτορ’ εὐσεβεῖν εἰδῶσ’ Ἀχαιοί, θεούσ τε τοὺσ ἄλλουσ σέβειν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 2:28)

Synonyms

  1. a mighty wave or swell

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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