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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

  • ὁ δ’ Ἀριστοφάνησ γράφει ἀντὶ τοῦ λεπὰσ χέλυσ, καί φησιν οὐκ εὖ Δικαίαρχον ἐκδεξάμενον λέγειν τὰσ λεπάδασ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 31 1:4)
  • πόθεν τόδε καλὸν ἄθυρμα αἰόλον ὄστρακον ἕσσο χέλυσ ὄρεσι ζώουσα; (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 4:4)
  • εἰσ εἰκόνα Πινδάρου Νεβρείων ὁπόσον σάλπιγξ ὑπερίαχεν αὐλῶν, τόσσον ὑπὲρ πάσασ ἔκραγε σεῖο χέλυσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3051)
  • λοξὸν γὰρ αὐτοῦ βλέμμα, καὶ περὶ σφυροῖσ ῥιφθεῖσα λώπευσ πέζα, καὶ μονοζυγὲσ μέθην ἐλέγχει σάνδαλον χέλυσ δ’ ὅμωσ τὸν εἰσ Ἔρωτασ ὕμνον ἀθροΐζεται. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3082)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅκα δὴ πλάκτρῳ Λοκρὶσ ἔκρεξε χέλυσ, βραγχὸν τετριγυῖα λύρασ ἀπεκόμπασε χορδά· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 544)

Synonyms

  1. tortoise

  2. lyre

  3. Lyra

  4. arched breast

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