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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

  • εἰπὼν <δ’> ἀκούσασ θ’ αἵματοσ μητρὸσ πέρι, Φοῖβόσ μ’ ἔσῳσε μαρτυρῶν, ἴσασ δέ μοι ψήφουσ διηρίθμησε Παλλὰσ ὠλένῃ· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 3:2)
  • ἄραρεν ἥδε γ’ ὠλένη δυσεκλύτωσ. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 4:23)
  • καὶ τὸ σπάργανον εἶχεν ἐπ’ ὠλένῃ οὐδ’ ἀπέβαλλε. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 42:2)
  • ἐπιλέγει δὲ καὶ ὅτι Ὠλενίην δέ μιν αἶγα Διὸσ καλέουσ’ ὑποφῆται δηλῶν τὸν τόπον διότι πλησίον Ὠλένη. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 7 6:13)

Synonyms

  1. elbow

  2. mat

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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