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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

  • λαβοῦσα δ’ ὠλένησ ἀριστερὰν χέρα, πλευραῖσιν ἀντιβᾶσα τοῦ δυσδαίμονοσ ἀπεσπάραξεν ὦμον, οὐχ ὑπὸ σθένουσ, ἀλλ’ ὁ θεὸσ εὐμάρειαν ἐπεδίδου χεροῖν· (Euripides, episode, lyric 8:2)
  • ὦ Διὸσ κόρη, δὸσ ἔγχοσ ἡμῖν καλλίνικον ἐκ χερὸσ ἐσ στέρν’ ἀδελφοῦ τῆσδ’ ἀπ’ ὠλένησ βαλεῖν κτανεῖν θ’ ὃσ ἦλθε πατρίδα πορθήσων ἐμήν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric14)
  • καὶ πλῆρεσ ἐκπιόντι χρύσεον κέρασ τρίψει γέμοντα μαλθακῆσ ὑπ’ ὠλένησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 51 2:7)
  • καὶ τοῦτο γνοίη ἄν τισ ἐπιστήσασ τοῖσ ἐν ταῖσ Εὐριπίδου Φοινίσσαισ στίχοισ, ἐν οἷσ οἱ περὶ τὸν Πολυνείκην εὔχονται τοῖσ θεοῖσ, ὧν ἡ ἀρχὴ βλέψασ ἐσ Ἄργοσ, ἑώσ εἰσ στέρν’ ἀδελφοῦ τῆσδ’ ἀπ’ ὠλένησ βαλεῖν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri x, chapter 7 33:3)

Synonyms

  1. elbow

  2. mat

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