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χλιδή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χλιδή

Structure: χλιδ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: xli/w

Sense

  1. delicacy, daintiness, luxury, effeminacy
  2. wantonness, insolence, arrogance
  3. luxuries, fine raiment, costly ornaments, luxuriant hair, pride

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

  • ἡμεῖσ δὲ πατρὸσ τύμβον, ὡσ ἐφίετο, λοιβαῖσι πρῶτον καὶ καρατόμοισ χλιδαῖσ στέψαντεσ εἶτ’ ἄψορρον ἥξομεν πάλιν, τύπωμα χαλκόπλευρον ἠρμένοι χεροῖν, ὃ καὶ σὺ θάμνοισ οἶσθά που κεκρυμμένον, ὅπωσ λόγῳ κλέπτοντεσ ἡδεῖαν φάτιν φέρωμεν αὐτοῖσ, τοὐμὸν ὡσ ἔρρει δέμασ φλογιστὸν ἤδη καὶ κατηνθρακωμένον. (Sophocles, episode 3:1)
  • σὺ δὲ τεμοῦσα κρατὸσ βοστρύχων ἄκρασ φόβασ κἀμοῦ ταλαίνησ, σμικρὰ μὲν τάδ’, ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ ἅχω, δὸσ αὐτῷ, τήνδ’ ἀλιπαρῆ τρίχα καὶ ζῶμα τοὐμὸν οὐ χλιδαῖσ ἠσκημένον. (Sophocles, episode 7:10)

Synonyms

  1. delicacy

  2. wantonness

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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