Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἐστὶ τὸ δ’ ἐν κοιλίᾳ καὶ καρδίᾳ παρὰ φύσιν, ἀλλ’ ἕκαστον οἰκείωσ καὶ χρησίμωσ τέτακται ναὶ μὴν κηρύκων τε λιθορρίνων χελύων τε καὶ παντὸσ ὀστρέου φύσιν, ὥσ φησιν ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ, καταμανθάνων ἔνθ’ ὄψει χθόνα χρωτὸσ ὑπέρτατα ναιετάουσαν καὶ οὐ πιέζει τὸ λιθῶδεσ οὐδὲ καταθλίβει τὴν ἕξιν ἐπικείμενον, οὐδέ γε πάλιν τὸ θερμὸν ὑπὸ κουφότητοσ εἰσ τὴν ἄνω χώραν ἀποπτάμενον οἴχεται· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 14 6:2)
  • "τοῦτο μὲν ἐν κόγχαισι θαλασσονόμοισ βαρυνώτοισ, ναὶ μὴν κηρύκων τε λιθορρίνων χελύων τε φησὶν Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ, ἔνθ’ ὄψει χθόνα χρωτὸσ ὑπέρτατα ναιετάουσαν οὐχ ἣν ἡ φύσισ δίδωσι χώραν, ἀλλ’ ἣν ἡ πρὸσ τὸ κοινὸν ἔργον ποθεῖ σύνταξισ, ταύτην ἔχουσαν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 25:5)

Synonyms

  1. tortoise

  2. lyre

  3. Lyra

  4. arched breast

Related

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION