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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

  • ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται, ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 8:17)
  • ἄλλωσ δ’ ἂν ἐδόκει μῦθοσ, ὥσπερ ἡμῖν ἐδόκει τὸ τῶν ἐν Λιβύῃ κοράκων, οἳ ποτοῦ δεόμενοι λίθουσ ἐμβάλλουσιν ἀναπληροῦντεσ καὶ ἀνάγοντεσ τὸ ὕδωρ, μέχρι ἂν ἐν ἐφικτῷ γένηται εἶτα μέντοι κύνα θεασάμενοσ ἐν πλοίῳ, τῶν ναυτῶν μὴ παρόντων, εἰσ ἔλαιον ἀμφορέωσ ἀποδεοῦσ ἐμβάλλοντα τῶν χαλίκων, ἐθαύμασα πῶσ νοεῖ καὶ συνίησι τὴν γιγνομένην ἔκθλιψιν ὑπὸ τῶν βαρυτέρων τοῖσ κουφοτέροισ ὑφισταμένων. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 10 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. small stone

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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