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χελώνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χελώνη χελώνης

Structure: χελων (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from xe/lus

Sense

  1. a tortoise

Declension

First 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

  • εἰ μὴ Γαλαὰδ ἐστιν, ἄρα ψευδεῖσ ἦσαν ἐν Γαλγὰλ ἄρχοντεσ θυσιάζοντεσ, καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτῶν ὡσ χελῶναι ἐπὶ χέρσον ἀγροῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 12:12)
  • ἰὼ χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματοσ, καὶ τρὶσ μακάριαι τοῦ ’πὶ ταῖσ πλευραῖσ τέγουσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode1)
  • "γέρανοι, χελῶναι, γλαῦκεσ, ἰκτῖνοι, λαγοί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 629)
  • οὐ γὰρ μόνον τῷ φαρμακευτικῷ χρῶνται, χελῶναι μὲν ὀρίγανον γαλαῖ δὲ πήγανον, ὅταν ὄφεωσ φάγωσιν, ἐπεσθίουσαι κύνεσ δὲ πόᾳ τινὶ καθαίροντεσ ἑαυτοὺσ χολεριῶντασ· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 20 2:2)
  • Ἀχαιούσ μὲν γὰρ σφετεριζομένουσ τὴν Ζακυνθίων νῆσον ἀποτρέπων ἔφη κινδυνεύσειν, ἂν ὥσπερ αἱ χελῶναι πορρωτέρω τὴν κεφαλὴν τῆσ Πελοποννήσου προτείνωσι· (Plutarch, Titus Flamininus, chapter 17 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a tortoise

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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