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χάλιξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χάλιξ χάλικος

Structure: χαλικ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. small stone, pebble
  2. gravel, rubble (used in building and concrete making)

Declension

Third 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

  • ἄγε νυν σὺ μὲν βάδιζε πρὸσ τὸν ἀέρα καὶ τοῖσι τειχίζουσι παραδιακόνει, χάλικασ παραφόρει, πηλὸν ἀποδὺσ ὄργασον, λεκάνην ἀνένεγκε, κατάπεσ’ ἀπὸ τῆσ κλίμακοσ, φύλακασ κατάστησαι, τὸ πῦρ ἔγκρυπτ’ ἀεί, κωδωνοφορῶν περίτρεχε καὶ κάθευδ’ ἐκεῖ· (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene34)
  • οἱ δὲ ψυχροτέρου ποτοῦ δεόμενοι χάλικασ ἐμβάλλουσιν εἰσ τὸ ὕδωρ · (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 21 12:3)

Synonyms

  1. small stone

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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