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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὠλένη ὠλένᾱ ὠλέναι
Genitive ὠλένης ὠλέναιν ὠλενῶν
Dative ὠλένῃ ὠλέναιν ὠλέναις
Accusative ὠλένην ὠλένᾱ ὠλένᾱς
Vocative ὠλένη ὠλένᾱ ὠλέναι

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 πρώτη γε ἀποδύσομαι, ὅπωσ μάθῃσ ὅτι μὴ μόνασ ἔχω τὰσ ὠλένασ λευκὰσ μηδὲ τῷ βοῶπισ εἶναι μέγα φρονῶ, ἐπ’ ἴσησ δέ εἰμι πᾶσα καὶ ὁμοίωσ καλή. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 10:2)
  • νῦν ‐ οὔποτ’ αὖθισ ‐ μητέρ’ ἀσπάζου σέθεν, πρόσπιτνε τὴν τεκοῦσαν, ἀμφὶ δ’ ὠλένασ ἕλισσ’ ἐμοῖσ νώτοισι καὶ στόμ’ ἁρ́μοσον. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 5:10)
  • σὰσ δ’ ἐσ ὠλένασ δοῦναι, πέπλοισιν ὡσ περιστείλῃσ νεκρὸν στεφάνοισ θ’, ὅση σοι δύναμισ, ὡσ ἔχει τὰ σά· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests 1:6)
  • κἀν τῷδε πέτραν ἅτεροσ λιπὼν ξένοιν ἔστη κάρα τε διετίναξ’ ἄνω κάτω κἀπεστέναξεν ὠλένασ τρέμων ἄκρασ, μανίαισ ἀλαίνων, καὶ βοᾷ κυναγὸσ ὥσ· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 2:3)
  • δεῖτε δ’ ὠλένασ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics 5:9)

Synonyms

  1. elbow

  2. mat

Similar forms

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