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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

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • ἔφερε δ’ ἣ μὲν ὠλένην, ἣ δ’ ἴχνοσ αὐταῖσ ἀρβύλαισ· (Euripides, episode, lyric 8:5)
  • 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

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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