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χαρακτήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαρακτήρ χαρακτῆρος

Structure: χαρακτηρ (Stem)

Etym.: xara/ssw

Sense

  1. instrument used for engraving
  2. person who engraves, engraver
  3. impress, stamp, seal
  4. reproduction, representation
  5. figure, letter, character
  6. characteristic, character
  7. style

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

  • μεμηνῦσθαι δ’ ἔλεγεν αὐτῷ πολλὰ εἶναι καὶ παρὰ Ιοὐδαίοισ τῶν παρ’ αὐτοῖσ νομίμων συγγράμματα σπουδῆσ ἄξια καὶ τῆσ βασιλέωσ βιβλιοθήκησ, ἃ τοῖσ ἐκείνων χαρακτῆρσιν καὶ τῇ διαλέκτῳ γεγραμμένα πόνον αὐτοῖσ οὐκ ὀλίγον παρέξειν εἰσ τὴν Ἑλληνικὴν μεταβαλλόμενα γλῶτταν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 12 18:1)
  • χαρακτῆρσιν γὰρ Ἑβραϊκοῖσ γεγραμμένα καὶ φωνῇ τῇ ἐθνικῇ ἐστιν ἡμῖν ἀσαφῆ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 12 43:3)

Synonyms

  1. impress

  2. characteristic

  3. style

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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