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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

  • ἡγοῦνται γὰρ καὶ τὴν ὠλένην αὐταῖσ στιλπνοτέραν φανεῖσθαι συναπολάμπουσαν τῷ χρυσῷ καὶ τοῦ ποδὸσ τὸ μὴ εὐπερίγραφον λήσειν ὑπὸ χρυσῷ σανδάλῳ καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτὸ ἐρασμιώτερον γενήσεσθαι τῷ φαεινοτάτῳ συνορώμενον. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 7:3)
  • ἔφερε δ’ ἣ μὲν ὠλένην, ἣ δ’ ἴχνοσ αὐταῖσ ἀρβύλαισ· (Euripides, episode, lyric 8:5)
  • εὐθὺσ δ’ ἐρευνᾷ γραῖαν ὠλένην λαβών, ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρῳ πρέσβυν ὡσ ἔχονθ’ ἕλοι. (Euripides, Ion, episode 6:9)
  • τοσαῦτα φωνήσασα συντόνῳ χερὶ λύει τὸν αὑτῆσ πέπλον, ᾗ χρυσήλατοσ προύκειτο μαστῶν περονίσ, ἐκ δ’ ἐλώπισεν πλευρὰν ἅπασαν ὠλένην τ’ εὐώνυμον. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode, dialogue 1:13)

Synonyms

  1. elbow

  2. mat

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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