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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

  • Πείσαυρα μέν, Ἀντωνίου πόλισ κληρουχία, ᾠκισμένη παρὰ τὸν Ἀδρίαν, χασμάτων ὑπορραγέντων κατεπόθη. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 60 2:2)
  • ἕν τι τῶν χασμάτων τῆσ γῆσ ἄλλωσ τε μέγιστον τυγχάνει ὂν καὶ διαμπερὲσ τετρημένον δι’ ὅλησ τῆσ γῆσ, τοῦτο ὅπερ Ὅμηροσ εἶπε, λέγων αὐτότῆλε μάλ’, ᾗχι βάθιστον ὑπὸ χθονόσ ἐστι βέρεθρον· (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 897:4)
  • "κρῆναι δὲ κατὰ χασμάτων λεοντείων ἐξιᾶσι κρουνούσ, ὅτι Νεῖλοσ ἐπάγει νέον ὕδωρ ταῖσ Αἰγυπτίων ἀρούραισ, ἡλίου τὸν λέοντα παροδεύοντοσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 4:12)
  • ἐν δὲ τῇ Στρογγύλῃ καὶ τῇ Ιἑρᾷ μέχρι τοῦ νῦν ἐκ τῶν χασμάτων ἐκπίπτει πνεύματοσ μέγεθοσ καὶ βρόμοσ ἐξαίσιοσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 7 3:2)
  • εἶναι δὲ τοῖσ περὶ τὸ χρηστήριον ἔθοσ πάτριον μηδένα τὸν ἥλιον ὁρᾶν, ἀλλὰ τῆσ νυκτὸσ ἔξω πορεύεσθαι τῶν χασμάτων· (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 10:18)

Synonyms

  1. open mouth

  2. space

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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