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τύλη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τύλη

Structure: τυλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. any callous lump, shoulder, which has grown callous
  2. a cushion, bolster

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

  • ἐχθὲσ ἐπὶ ξενίαν κληθείσ, ὅτε καιρὸσ ὕπνου μοι, τύλῃ ἐπεκλίνθην Γοργόνοσ ἢ Νιόβησ, ἣν οὐδεὶσ ὕφηνεν, ἀπέπρισε δ’, ἢ πελεκήσασ ἐκ τῶν λατομιῶν ἤγαγεν εἰσ τὰ Πρόκλου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 141)
  • ἐξ ἧσ εἰ μὴ θᾶττον ἐπηγέρθην, Πρόκλοσ ἄν μοι τὴν τύλην στήλην ἢ σορὸν εἰργάσατο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 14 1:1)
  • εἴσιδεν Ἀντίοχοσ τὴν Λυσιμάχου ποτὲ τύλην, κοὐκέτι τὴν τύλην εἴσιδε Λυσίμαχοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3151)
  • καὶ πρῶτοσ τὴν καλουμένην τύλην, ἐφ’ ἧσ τὰ φορτία βαστάζουσιν, εὑρ͂εν, ὥσ φησιν Ἀριστοτέλησ ἐν τῷ Περὶ παιδείασ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. h'. PRWTAGORAS 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. a cushion

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

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