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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

  • ἐγλυκάνθησαν αὐτῷ χάλικεσ χειμάρρου, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πᾶσ ἄνθρωποσ ἀπελεύσεται, καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἀναρίθμητοι. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 21:33)
  • "αἱ ἐάήἶκνι δ’ ἀκόναι καὶ οἱ χάλικεσ λεπτύνουσι τὸ ὕδωρ, ὅ τι θολερὸν καὶ γεῶδεσ ἀναμέμικται, τοῦτο συνάγοντεσ καὶ κατασπῶντεσ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ, ὥστε λεπτότερον καὶ ἀσθενέστερον τὸ ὕδωρ γενόμενον μᾶλλον ὑπὸ περιψύξεωσ κρατεῖσθαι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 6, 3:9)
  • "καὶ μὴν ὅ τε μόλιβδοσ τῶν φύσει ψυχρῶν ἐστιν, ὅσ γε τριβόμενοσ ὄξει τὸ ψυκτικώτατον τῶν θανασίμων φαρμάκων ἐξανίησι ψιμύθιον οἵ τε χάλικεσ τῆ πυκνότητι τὸ ψυχρὸν διὰ βάθουσ ποιοῦσι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 6, 3:10)

Synonyms

  1. small stone

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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