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χέλῡς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χέλῡς χέλυος

Structure: χελῡ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. tortoise
  2. lyre
  3. Lyra
  4. arched breast, chest

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

  • οὐχ, ὅπωσ παστήρια θοινασόμεσθα, Φθιάδ’ ἀντὶ Δωρικῆσ οἴσει τισ ἡμῖν κοπίδ’, ἀπορρήξω χέλυν; (Euripides, episode 4:12)
  • καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τῶν μὲν θεῶν Ἀπόλλωνα, τῶν δὲ ἡμιθέων Ὀρφέα μουσικώτατον καὶ σοφώτατον ἔκρινον καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ χρωμένουσ τῇ τέχνῃ ταύτῃ σοφιστὰσ ἀπεκάλουν, ὥσπερ καὶ Αἰσχύλοσ ἐποίησεν εἴτ’ οὖν σοφιστὴσ σκαιὰ παραπαίων χέλυν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 32 1:3)
  • τὸν θῆρα μὲν χέλυν, τὸ φωνοῦν δ’ αὖ λύραν ὁ παῖσ καλεῖ. (Sophocles, Ichneutae 25:21)
  • ἔνθα χέλυν εὑρὼν ἐκτήσατο μυρίον ὄλβον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:7)
  • Ἑρμῆσ τοι πρώτιστα χέλυν τεκτήνατ’ ἀοιδόν· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. tortoise

  2. lyre

  3. Lyra

  4. arched breast

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