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τρυτάνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρυτάνη

Structure: τρυταν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. the tongue of a balance, a balance, pair of scales

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τρυτάνη τρυτάνᾱ τρυτάναι
Genitive τρυτάνης τρυτάναιν τρυτανῶν
Dative τρυτάνῃ τρυτάναιν τρυτάναις
Accusative τρυτάνην τρυτάνᾱ τρυτάνᾱς
Vocative τρυτάνη τρυτάνᾱ τρυτάναι

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

  • εἶθ’ ἡ μιαρὰ φάλαιν’ ἔχουσα τρυτάνην ἵστη βόειον δημόν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 1:32)
  • ὅταν δ’ ἐπὶ θάτερ’ ὥσπερ εἰσ τρυτάνην ἀργύριον προσενέγκῃσ, οἴχεται φέρον καὶ καθείλκυκε τὸν λογισμὸν ἐφ’ αὑτό, καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἔτ’ ὀρθῶσ οὐδ’ ὑγιῶσ ὁ τοῦτο ποιήσασ περὶ οὐδενὸσ λογίσαιτο. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 15:3)
  • οὐ γὰρ δὴ τρυτάνην γε εἰσ τὸν πόλεμον κομίσαντεσ ἐπὶ ταύτησ τὰ πράγματα στήσομεν, ἀλλὰ δεῖ τάξιν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἑλομένουσ ἀντέχεσθαι τῆσ ῥοπῆσ, καὶ μὴ τὸ τῶν πλεόντων μεταστρέψαι πρὸσ τὸν ἐλάττω διατοιχοῦντασ ἀεί. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:20)

Synonyms

  1. the tongue of a balance

Similar forms

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

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