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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

  • ἔτι τὰν Ἡρακλέουσ καλλίνικον ἀείδω παρά τε Βρόμιον οἰνοδόταν παρά τε χέλυοσ ἑπτατόνου μολπὰν καὶ Λίβυν αὐλόν· (Euripides, Heracles, choral, strophe 24)
  • πρὶν μὲν ἐπὶ χλωροῖσ ἐριθηλέοσ ἔρνεσι πεύκασ ἥμενοσ, ἢ σκιερᾶσ ἀκροκόμου πίτυοσ, ἔκρεκεσ εὐτάρσοιο δι’ ἰξύοσ ἀχέτα μολπὰν τέττιξ, οἰονόμοισ ἐλαφρότατον χέλυοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2131)

Synonyms

  1. tortoise

  2. lyre

  3. Lyra

  4. arched breast

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