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χάραξ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χάραξ χάρακος

Structure: χαρακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xara/ssw

Sense

  1. a pointed stake
  2. a vine-prop or pole
  3. a pale

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

  • πόλισ μικρὰ καὶ ἄνδρεσ ἐν αὐτῇ ὀλίγοι, καὶ ἔλθῃ ἐπ̓ αὐτὴν βασιλεὺσ μέγασ καὶ κυκλώσῃ αὐτὴν καὶ οἰκοδομήσῃ ἐπ̓ αὐτὴν χάρακασ μεγάλουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 9:14)
  • ὅτι οὕτωσ εἶπε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ Ἰσραὴλ περὶ οἴκων τῆσ πόλεωσ ταύτησ καὶ περὶ οἴκων βασιλέωσ Ἰούδα τῶν καθῃρημένων εἰσ χάρακασ καὶ προμαχῶνας (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 40:4)
  • ὅθεν τῶν ὑπασπιστῶν ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐπιθυμία σχετλιαζόντων, δύο νεανίσκοι στρατιῶται καρτεροὶ καταιδεσθέντεσ τὴν τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐπιθυμίαν, τὰσ παντευχίασ καθωπλίσαντο καὶ κάλπην λαβόντεσ ὑπερέβησαν τοὺσ τῶν πολεμίων χάρακασ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 3:12)
  • οὐδέποτ’ ἐγὼ Πόλεμον οἴκαδ’ ὑποδέξομαι, οὐδὲ παρ’ ἐμοί ποτε τὸν Ἁρμόδιον ᾄσεται ξυγκατακλινείσ, ὅτι παροινικὸσ ἀνὴρ ἔφυ, ὅστισ ἐπὶ πάντ’ ἀγάθ’ ἔχοντασ ἐπικωμάσασ ἠργάσατο πάντα κακά, κἀνέτρεπε κἀξέχει κἀμάχετο καὶ προσέτι πολλὰ προκαλουμένου πῖνε κατάκεισο λαβὲ τήνδε φιλοτησίαν τὰσ χάρακασ ἧπτε πολὺ μᾶλλον ἐν τῷ πυρί, ἐξέχει θ’ ἡμῶν βίᾳ τὸν οἶνον ἐκ τῶν ἀμπέλων. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Choral, strophe3)
  • εἰ διαπρισθεῖεν δίχα, λάβοιμ’ ἂν αὔτ’ ἐσ χάρακασ ἑκατὸν τῆσ δραχμῆσ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Episode 1:30)

Synonyms

  1. a pointed stake

  2. a vine-prop or pole

  3. a pale

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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