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ὠλένη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠλένη ὠλένης

Structure: ὠλεν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. elbow, lower arm
  2. mat, mattress (=Latin torus)

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

  • ἀετὸν εὐμεγέθη συλλαβών, ἔτι δὲ γῦπα τῶν καρτερῶν, ἀποτεμὼν αὐταῖσ ὠλέναισ τὰ πτερὰ ‐ μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ πᾶσαν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ τὴν ἐπίνοιαν, εἴ σοι σχολή, δίειμι. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 3:6)
  • τί τόδε μεταίρεισ ἐξ ἀκινήτων βάθρων, Ἀγαμέμνονοσ παῖ, θεᾶσ ἄγαλμ’ ἐν ὠλέναισ; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode6)
  • εἶτ’ ἐγὼ τάδ’ ὠλέναισ οἴσω; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 4:23)
  • ἰὼ ἰώ, μόλισ φανεὶσ ἀέλπτα κἀδόκητα ματρὸσ ὠλέναισ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric4)

Synonyms

  1. elbow

  2. mat

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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