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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

  • ἐγίγνετο μὲν δὴ πλείων οὖσα τῆσ Σύλλα στρατιᾶσ ἡ Ἀρχελάου καὶ ἐκ τῶνδε πολὺ πλείων, νυκτὸσ δὲ μέσησ ὁ μὲν Ἀρχέλαοσ ἐκθορὼν μετὰ λαμπτήρων ἐνέπρησε τὴν ἑτέραν τῶν χελωνῶν καὶ τὰ ἐπ’ αὐτῇ μηχανήματα, ἡμέραισ δὲ δέκα μάλιστα ἄλλα ὁ Σύλλασ ἐργασάμενοσ ἐπέστησεν αὖθισ ἔνθα καὶ τὰ πρότερα ἦν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 5 4:6)
  • ἐν ταύταισ διὰ τὴν πυκνότητα κῦμα μὲν οὐ γίνεται, τοῦ κλύδωνοσ θραυομένου περὶ τὰσ ἄκρασ τῶν νήσων, χελωνῶν δὲ θαλαττίων πλῆθοσ ἐνδιατρίβει περὶ τοὺσ τόπουσ τούτουσ, πανταχόθεν καταφεῦγον πρὸσ τὴν ἐκ τῆσ γαλήνησ σκέπην. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 21 1:3)
  • τῶν δὲ νήσων τινὲσ τρεῖσ ἐφεξῆσ κεῖνται, ἡ μὲν χελωνῶν ἡ δὲ φωκῶν ἡ δ’ ἱεράκων λεγομένη. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 28:4)

Synonyms

  1. a tortoise

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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