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χάσμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χάσμα χάσματος

Structure: χασματ (Stem)

Sense

  1. hollow, chasm, gulf
  2. open mouth
  3. space, expanse

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

  • καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ καὶ ἔρριψεν αὐτὸν εἰσ χάσμα μέγα ἐν τῷ δρυμῷ εἰσ τὸν βόθυνον τὸν μέγαν καὶ ἐστήλωσεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν σωρὸν λίθων μέγαν σφόδρα. καὶ πᾶσ Ἰσραὴλ ἔφυγεν ἀνὴρ εἰσ τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 18:17)
  • τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου λέγεται λόγοσ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν τῇ ἱρῇ πόλει μεγάλωσ ἄξιοσ θωυμάσαι, ὅτι ἐν τῇ σφετέρῃ χώρῃ] χάσμα μέγα ἐγένετο καὶ τὸ σύμπαν ὕδωρ κατεδέξατο· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 13:1)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τὸ χάσμα εἶδον, καὶ ἔστιν ὑπὸ τῷ νηῷ κάρτα μικρόν. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 13:3)
  • φέρουσι δὲ οὐκ ἱρέεσ μοῦνον, ἀλλὰ πᾶσα Συρίη καὶ Ἀραβίη, καὶ πέρηθεν τοῦ Εὐφρήτεω πολλοὶ ἄνθρωποι ἐσ θάλασσαν ἔρχονται καὶ πάντεσ ὕδωρ φέρουσιν, τὸ πρῶτα μὲν ἐν τῷ νηῷ ἐκχέουσι, μετὰ δὲ ἐσ τὸ χάσμα κατέρχεται, καὶ δέκεται τὸ χάσμα μικρὸν ἐὸν ὕδατοσ χρῆμα πολλόν. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 13:8)

Synonyms

  1. open mouth

  2. space

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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