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χηλή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χηλή

Structure: χηλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. hoof
  2. unguis of an ox
  3. jawbone

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χηλή χηλᾱ́ χηλαί
Genitive χηλῆς χηλαῖν χηλῶν
Dative χηλῇ χηλαῖν χηλαῖς
Accusative χηλήν χηλᾱ́ χηλᾱ́ς
Vocative χηλή χηλᾱ́ χηλαί

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

  • καὶ ἔνθεν ἐσ Χηλὰσ στάδιοι εἴκοσιν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 2:2)
  • θνῄσκει δ’ ἀπασπαίρουσα, φοινικοσκελεῖσ χηλὰσ παρεῖσα. (Euripides, Ion, episode 6:4)
  • ζῳογονοῦνται δὲ καὶ τρέφονται διὰ τοῦ προσπεφυκότοσ τῇ σαρκὶ μέρουσ, τοῦτο δὲ συμπέφυκε τῷ τοῦ κόγχου στόματι χηλὰσ ἔχον καὶ νομὴν εἰσφέρον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 46 2:3)
  • "καθόλου δ’ εἰπεῖν, ὥσπερ ἐν ἰατρικῇ τὸ χρήσιμον καὶ δίκαιόν ἐστι, καὶ γελοῖοσ ὁ φάσκων ἄδικον εἶναι τῶν ἰσχίον πονούντων κάειν τὸν ἀντίχειρα, καὶ τοῦ ἥπατοσ ὑπούλου γεγονότοσ ἀμύσσειν τὸ ἐπιγάστριον, καὶ τῶν βοῶν, ἂν εἰσ τὰσ χηλὰσ μαλακιῶσι, προσαλείφειν τὰ ἄκρα τῶν κεράτων· (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 168)
  • οἱ δ’ ἐνὶ γαίῃ χηλὰσ σκηρίπτοντε πανημέριοι πονέονται. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 10:30)

Synonyms

  1. hoof

  2. jawbone

Similar forms

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